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Disappointed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s assurance that the government has accepted “in principle” their demand for “One Rank One Pension” (OROP), ex-servicemen today announced intensification of their stir by deciding to launch an indefinite...

But with Modi not committing fully on the issue, the protesting ex-servicemen- who are on relay hunger strike- exploded in anger at the Jantar Mantar.

The main dispute between the military veterans and the government is over which year’s scales should be taken as the base for OROP – the government wants to take the 2011 rates, while the veterans want those of 2014.

“People from armed forces spend their lives on the border and they are protesting now”.

A group of ex-servicemen demanding “One Rank One Pension” Fridayresisted eviction from the protest site at Jantar Mantar here by Delhi Police and NDMC which were trying to clear the area in view of security concerns ahead of Independence Day.

Along with Yadav, around 85 members of his Swaraj Abhiyan were also arrested when police thwarted their planned rally to the Prime Minister’s residence. Meanwhile, expressing disappointment over the detention, former AAP leader Prashant Bhushan said that Yadav had not...

“Be it Prime Minister Modi or the police, Kejriwal is using all tactics possible to divert people’s attention from his own flaws”, she added.