New Delhi: - Around 1000 retired defence personnel on Sunday staged a protest here demanding “equal pension for each rank” and collected their gallantry medals for returning them to the government.
Ex-servicemen from all the three defence forces held the protest at Jantar Mantar.
They would also submit a memorandum to President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, one of the organizers said.
The main demand is that irrespective of the date on which a soldier retired, he or she should get the same pension.
“It is a shame for the country that solders have to return their gallantry awards and meritorious medals and come to the streets for redressing their grievances”, they said, - PTI-
The Hindu – 15.03.2010
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