70-year-old ex-serviceman Ram Kishan Grewal, a resident of Haryana's Bhiwani district, ended his life last evening by consuming poison on the lawns of a government building in Janpath in New Delhi.
"The Centre and leaders are speaking about bravery of soldiers with much pride. But then why the lacunae were kept in OROP for the past soldiers. Grewal's death has raised many questions and the Centre has to answer them," Hazare told PTI.
Hazare, an ex-serviceman himself, reminded that he had demonstrated for One-Rank-One-Pension (OROP) in the past.
The alleged suicide of an army veteran over the OROP issue today snowballed into a huge political showdown in the national capital with Rahul Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal being detained by police.
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