From: raj kadyan rajkadyan@yahoo.com
Subject: ESM sitrep 08 May evening
Date: Friday, 8 May, 2009, 7:30 PM
Dear Colleagues,
There are indications that the MOD is forming a committee in concert with certain ESM formations to work out some kind of parity in pensions. The chances are that the MOD will pick from the ESM certain representatives who may be amenable to accept one-time modified parity. This would then be given the colour of acceptability by the ESM community in general. Such divide-and-rule is a well known practice adopted by the govt functionaries.
As is well known, the IESM has been trying for OROP, which implies full parity for all time in future and any kind of modified parity will not meet our aspirations. Any dilution accepted by any hand-picked representative would be unfair to the efforts the ESM have put in to create the present situation and cannot be acceptable to the IESM.
In this connection, copy of a letter written by me to the Defence Minister on 19 April 2009, is given below: (below this email)
The ESM should jointly oppose dilution of OROP demand and must not accept a compromise solution.
Best regards,
Lt Gen (Emeritus) Raj Kadyan, PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Chairman IESM
262, Sector-17A, Gurgaon- 122 001.
Tele: +91-124-4015262,
+91- 9811226676
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COPY OF LETTER TO RM
From:
Lt Gen Raj Kadyan, PVSM, AVSM, VSM,
Chairman IESM,
262, Sector-17A, Gurgaon – 122 001,
Mobile-9811226676
IESM/OROP/ 09 April
19 April 2009
To
Shri AK Antony,
Hon’ble Minister of Defence,
South Block, New Delhi – 110 011
Dear Hon’ble Defence Minister,
It is learnt that the Secretary Department of Ex Servicemen Welfare in the Ministry of Defence has called some Ex Servicemen Organisation for discussion to form a joint approach on an alternative to ‘one rank one pension’. We in the Indian Ex Servicemen Movement (IESM) have not received any communication on the subject.
It submitted that IESM is not an organisation or an association but a federation in the form of an umbrella. It is registered under NO: DR/GGN/179 (2008-09).The IESM today represents the demand of all the over two million Ex Servicemen in the country and has been spearheading the current struggle for seeking justice.
Do allow me to mention that any decision taken without the participation of the IESM will not be binding on it.
With best regards,
Yours sincerely,
Sd xxxx
(Raj Kadyan)
Copy to:
Shri SM Acharya, IAS
Secretary Department of Ex Servicemen Welfare
Ministry of Defence
South Block, New Delhi – 110 011
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