(Reopens DEL11)
Hitting back at Parrikar for his comment that not all their demands can be met, Indian Ex-servicemen Movement (IESM) had said yesterday that the war veterans would be returning their medals to protest the government notification on OROP scheme.
"We have one and only demand and that is OROP. It was the government which inserted provisions that has made the issue complicated. We want OROP as per the definition. No junior should get more pension than his senior.
"In protest against the government notification, we will start returning our medals. On November 10-11, ex-servicemen across the country will start returning their medals. They have already informed the District Magistrates about this," Group Captain V K Gandhi (retd), General Secretary of IESM) had said.
