Shaheed are those who die at border, not commit suicide: Manohar Lal Khattar

Ex-serviceman Ram Kishan Grewal on Tuesday allegedly committed suicide in protest against the “non-implementation” of One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme.

Reacting to his death, Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh raised questions over how Grewal was able to procure Sulfas tablets and claimed that his issue was with the bank and not with OROP. “His issue was with the bank and not with OROP. Also, how did he procure Sulpha tablets and who gave it to him?” said Singh. If Grewal had reached out to us and didn’t get help, then it was our fault, Singh added.

Singh also claimed that he was a Congress worker who became Sarpanch after contesting on the party ticket. “He was a Congress worker who fought the Sarpanch election on party ticket. His suicide is unfortunate,” V K Singh said.

Congress has lashed out at Singh for the ‘mental state’ remark with senior leader Raj Babbar saying it’s shameful that such a person writes ‘General’ before his name.