सैनिकों के सम्मान में न जाने कितनी चीजों का विरोध किया गया जिसमें पाकिस्तानी कलाकारों तक का विरोध शामिल था। इन्हीं आपाधापी के बीच एक पूर्व सैनिक ने वन रैंक वन पेंशन मामले को लेकर आत्महत्या कर ली।

पूरे मामले पर सभी पार्टियों द्वारा जम कर सियासत की गई। राहुल गाँधी, केजरीवाल समेत अन्य को हिरासत में भी लिया गया। दिल्ली के मुख्यमंत्री केजरीवाल ने पूर्व सैनिक के परिवार को एक करोड़ मुआवजा देने की घोधना भी की ।

वहीँ भाजपा के जनरल वीके सिंह फिर से अपने मानसिक कुरूपता का परिचय देते नजर आये। विदेश राज्य मंत्री जनरल वीके सिंह शायद अपनी जुबान पर कंट्रोल नहीं कर पाते। इसलिए वह बिना कुछ सोचे बयान दें देते है। ताजा मामला वन रैंक, वन पेंशन के मुद्दे का है। जिसपर वीके सिंह ने बोलो कि पूर्व सैनिक की मानसिक स्थिति ठीक नहीं थी इसके लिए जांच होनी चाहिए इसके साथ ही उन्होंने ग्रेवाल की आत्महत्या का कारण ओआरओपी को बताया।
 
इससे पहले वीके सिंह ने दलित के दो बच्चों को जिंदा जलाए जाने पर आपत्तिजनक बयान दिया था। अब दलित जवान की आत्महत्या पर भी ऐसा ही विवादित बयान अपने फेसबुक वॉल पर लिखा है। 

पूरे मामले में सबसे दुखद यह है कि एक सैनिक की मौत हुई । उसने सरकार की नाकामियों से तंग आकर आत्महत्या की। उसकी आश सादे सफ़ेद चादर में लपेट दी गई और एक हत्या के आरोपी को तिरंगे में लपेटा गया था। अब सवाल उठता है कि आखिर एक सैनिक के साथ ऐसा बर्ताव क्यों किया गया। 
 
अख़लाक़ की हत्या के आरोपी रवि की लाश को तिरंगे में लपेटा गया था और उसे शहीद का दर्जा दिया गया था। 

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Speaking exclusively to jantakareporter.com, Gen Singh said, “One thing I have learnt that what any of these politicians say are never meant to be believed. That’s the rule number one in India. Mr Jaitley when he was the defence minister, had told me, ‘why don’t you lower your expectations?’

“We told him that the OROP had only one definition. It had only one calculation. It had only one implication. We reminded him that this was in their election manifesto. To which he said, ‘You see General, all the assurances that politicians give during elections are not meant to be executed.’ What a shameful thing for him to say in front of ten of us. If a responsible minister says this then I have no faith in the political system.”

The armed forces veteran said he was extremely unhappy with the media fraternity for deliberately spreading misinformation to make the central government look good. He alleged that the media had ‘sold their souls’ by their false reporting that the central government had settled the veterans’ demand on the OROP.

He said, “Media is lying and spreading false information on OROP. They have no sense of journalism. If everything is settled, then where is the notification? Where is the letter? So, for media to say that everything is settled is diabolically stupid. If the journalism has gone shallow in the country, if the media is all purchased and bought and they have no character, then that’s how media starts spreading misinformation. Because somebody including the government pays them and controls them. But whether the media cover our agitation or not, we are continuing with best of our determination.”

Singh also said that one of the national newspapers had even refused to carry the advertisements paid for by the ex-servicemen. He lost his cool while recounting that experience.

“Times of India refused to carry our advertisement. I have decided not to request the members of India media. One day when they chase me for interviews, I will tell them to get out of my sight. I don’t want to see your faces.”

Gen Singh, who had earlier accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of ‘betraying the very trust of Indian soldiers’ attacked him once again. He said he was surprised that the prime minister, his cabinet colleagues and ‘everybody else’ had time to ‘hold talks with terrorists to broker peace with them’ but they ‘cannot talk to their ‘erstwhile soldiers.’

“Can there be bigger shame than this? ” he asked.

On being asked why he had not sought help from political parties or leaders who sympathised with their cause, Gen Singh said he welcomed support from everybody regardless of the political ideologies they believed in. He, however said that the ex-servicemen will not give them the platform to ‘highjack’ their agenda.

He said, “I welcome support from everybody regardless of political parties they represent. Whether they are Rahul Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal or anybody else, they must realise that we can’t allow them to use our mic to highjack our agenda. They are most welcome to come and sit and express their support to our cause. We didn’t allow Rahul Gandhi to speak, neither did we allow Derek O’Brian of TMC or Bhupendra Hooda of Congress.”

The army veteran also revealed that the organisers of the NRI event for PM Modi had approached him to speak from the same stage where the prime minister was scheduled to speak, but he refused because he didn’t ant to insult the Indian prime minister.

He said, “When our prime minister visited USA recently, the chairman of the NRIs group in San Francisco, some chap called Jit Bajwa,  wanted me to come along with the prime minister and speak from the same stage from where Mr Modi was likely to speak. They said they wanted to give us a cheque of 1 million dollar for this agitation. I refused both. I said this was my internal matter and I will resolve within my own country. I will not insult India on foreign soil. We’ve been honourable in our fight. Can the government of India reciprocate by honouring their commitment?”

Gen Singh said there were seven shortccomings in the OROP that the Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar had announced on 5 September. He said the OROP with those shortcomings will not be acceptable to soldiers.

” If those shortcomings are not removed and government goes ahead with the notification, it will kill the very definition of One Rank One Pension. It will then be called One Rank Five Pension. Because same years of service and same rank going to be reviewed after five years would mean that there will be five pensions. These politicians and babus so illiterate that they don’t even know that the armed forces don’t have the VRS. We have the premature retirement, which is the requirement of the government. They want to have a young army. Therefore, the soldiers have to leave after 17 years in service.”

Indian armed forces veterans have been protesting at Delhi Jantar Mantar for last 121 says with several ex-servicemen and their wives taking part in relay hunger strikes.

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Singh was quoted as saying, “Reason for his suicide being reported is OROP. I don’t t know what his mental state was. It needs investigation.”

His remarks has earned him widespread condemnation with Delhi chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal, launching a tirade against him.

Kejriwal said, “Shame on u VK Singh. He twice got medals from President and once from COAS. He was a decorated soldier.”

Senior Congress leader RPN Singh said it was “unbecoming” of a former army chief to bring the mental state of a deceased veteran into question.
“It is unfortunate that a former army chief is raising such questions,” the former Union Minister said.

General VK Singh is not new to controversy. As the army chief he had taken on the then UPA government just so he could continue in his job a year longer.

After retiring from the armed forces, General Singh joined the BJP and no one was surprised.

He was elected from Ghaziabad in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and was appointed a minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet.

But, it was after he became a minister, his perceived outrageous comments made many to question just how he had managed to lead an otherwise glorious Indian army.

In October last year, the controversial retired army general had caused massive controversy with his insensitive statement making light of the gruesome murder of two Dalit kids in Haryana.

The former army chief reportedly implied that the burning of Dalit kids in Haryana was as small an incident as hitting a dog with stones.

“Agar koi kutte ko patthar maar de to sarkaar zimmedaar nahi hai (government can’t be responsible if someone hits a dog with stones),” he was quoted by several TV channels.

VK Singh was commenting in response to a question on the burning alive of two dalit kids in Haryana’s Ballabhgarh district last Tuesday.

This is not the first time VK Singh or the members of the ruling party at the centre have created controversy by making extremely controversial comments.

Earlier this year, Singh’s ‘presstitute’ remarks against a section of the Indian media had led to a national outrage.

Earlier this year, Singh had asked media to go and beat up Karan Johar instead of chasing him for reaction on his intolerance comments.

According to a PTI report, Gen Singh reportedly said this while being repeatedly asked to react to Johar’s comments.

News agency ANI had reported, “jao uski pitaayi karo, mujhse kyon poocchte ho (Why asking me? Go and beat him up).”

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The 70-year-old ex-serviceman Ram Kishan Grewal committed suicide by consuming poison at a park in New Delhi area yesterday evening.

Police said he along with some other ex-servicemen was in the process of submitting a memorandum to the Defence Ministry over the issue of OROP.

According to his friends, Grewal had been upset over the issue for sometime.

Ex-servicemen have been protesting over the OROP scheme introduced by the government.

(With inputs from PTI)

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