STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Ex-Paramilitary Force Welfare Association held protest here in support of long pending genuine demands and to work out strategy to approach Central Government with regard to One Rank One Pension and other allied issues.
The protest was organised under the chairmanship of Shashi Kumar Sharma, its President.
The speakers held that the central leadership was seemingly least interested in mitigating the suffering and hardships being suffered by the personnel of ex-paramilitary forces. They said it was astonishing that an MLA, MLC or MP who serve for five years are provided all benefits while a person who serves the country for 25 years is not given any benefit.
They said there were about 15 lakh retired personnel including Veer Naris who have served in BSF, CRPF, ITBP, CISF and Assam Rifles all over the country with dedication and honesty at par with regular army but when it comes to benefits, these stand denied to ex-paramilitary persons though their recruitment was made under the provisions of the Constitution of India.
D.K Chohan, Gurbachan Singh, Dalip Singh, Noor Mohammed, Kamlesh Kumari and Vijay Kumar were also present in the protest.
