Protesting ex-servicemen say they will boycott commemoration of 1965 Indo-Pak War

Ex-servicemen staging a protest in New Delhi's Jantar Mantar area over the delay in the non-implementation of the one rank, one pension (OROP) scheme, said on Friday that they will boycott the 50th year commemoration of 1965 Indo-Pak War.

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"We will boycott this (commemoration of the 1965 Indo-Pak War). We will not join it," one of the ex-servicemen told ANI.

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On Friday, they expressed their determination to continue with their over two-month-long protest.

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On Thursday, the government's efforts to break the deadlock over the demand for implementation of the OROP scheme saw another failure.

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During a meeting with Chief of Army Staff General Dalbir Singh, the ex-servicemen's representatives walked out over disagreement regarding the proposed annual hike in pension and the date of implementation of the revised pensions.

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They also threatened to intensify their agitation. Some of them have already rejected the government's invitation for celebrations marking 50 years of the 1965 war, which begin Friday.