BJP bats for soldiers on Kargil Diwas

On the occasion of Kargil Diwas the BJP demanded better pay for defence personnel and assurance of a second career option.

On the occasion of Kargil Diwas on Saturday, the BJP demanded better pay for defence personnel and said the government should ensure a second career option for those who take early retirement.

“On this occasion, I demand from the government that it should assure a second career for those defence personnel who take voluntary retirement,” BJP President Rajnath Singh said at a programme organised here by the party to commemorate India’s victory in the Kargil war in 1999.

Singh urged the retired defence personnel to form a defence policy group to compile demands of the armed forces. The BJP president also criticised the UPA Government for failing to meet the demands of defence personnel in the Sixth Pay Commission, leading to demonstrations by retired officers.

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“Even the review commission formed after the agitations have the same members (as in the earlier commission). Couldn’t they find some army personnel to represent them in the Commission?” he asked.

Singh also took a dig at the Government for failing to check the growth of Naxalites in 175 districts of the country and insurgency in the North-East states.

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