PM Modi reaches out to jawans, pulls up Congress over OROP

27 Dec 2016 Evaluate

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accussed the Congress Party of betraying the jawans by not fulfilling the long-pending One Rank One Pension (OROP) demand in the last 40 years. Addressing a parivartan rally in Dehradun, PM said that ‘My Army jawans were demanding OROP for the last 40 years, the party that ruled the country then never thought of their demands’.

PM further said that ‘in reality, the budget of OPOP is over Rs 10,000 crore. Why did congress betray the jawans by allocating 500 crore for this’. He said the Centre was always clear that from day one that the jawans must get their due and therefore, his government always stated that OROP will be a reality. He further added that ‘6,600 crore have already been disbursed under OROP. We were clear that from day one that our jawans must get their dues.’

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