Ex-servicemen on Friday criticised the Centre for not coming out with a clear proposal to resolve the deadlock on the implementation of the one-rank-one-pension (OROP) scheme.
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"We are sitting here on protest for approval of the definition of OROP, not for money.We are here for our prestige," said Group Captain (Retired) V K Gandhi.
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"Government has to decide whether they want to listen to us or not," he added.
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Gandhi also said that if they (government) give the OROP once in five years, it would be a 'one rank five pensions' which defeats their basic definition.
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"The government has not consulted us from yesterday and there has been no dialogue with them on this," said General (Retired) Satbir Singh, the chairman of the Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement (IESM).
