"Though Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar understood our problem and argument, he did not give any date for the implementation of the OROP and hence we are going ahead with our agitation," Maj Gen Satbir Singh, chairman of Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement (IESM) told PTI.
He twice led a delegation of ex-servicemen today at meetings with Parrikar and Army chief Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag.
The ex-servicemen group has also written a letter to Modi seeking his intervention to meet their long-pending demand.
At a conclave of the retired defence personnel today, it was decided that they will call off their proposed agitation if the Minister gave a deadline of July 15 for the implementation of the OROP.
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OROP seeks to ensure that a uniform pension is paid to the defence personnel retiring in the same rank with the same length of service, irrespective of their date of retirement.
Even though the government has said it is committed to implementing OROP, there has been no official clarification on why the scheme is delayed.
Defence Ministry sources said that the OROP file is lying with the Finance Ministry for a final budgetary approval.
Parrikar has repeatedly said that the government has completed all formalities and OROP will be implemented soon.
"Since December last, we have met Parrikar four times and every time he said it would be implemented in a week or so," Singh said at the conclave.