“Rahul Gandhi wapas jao, 10 years mein kya kiya” slogans at Jantar Mantar

New Delhi/Ahmedabad

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today went to support ex-servicemen who were holding protest to demand one rank one pension(OROP) ahead of nation’s independence day in Delhi.

Ex servicemen however opposed him

Rahul Gandhi says he supports our demand for OROP. I want to say good morning to him. His party denied us OROP for 40 years. We will not let him score brownie points. Th e mic will not be given to him to speak. This mic will remain in the hands of those who have a legitimate demand.

” Why did your government not implement OROP in 10 years?, ex-serviceman asked Rahul Gandhi, stopping him from making a speech.

Ex-servicemen chanted slogans of “Rahul Gandhi vapis jai” when rahul was speaking to the media at Jantar Mantar.

Rahul was succesful to wear ‘OROP’ cap on his head.

It should be mentioned that the cost of implementing OROP is approximately Rs 8,500 crore. Congress party just before the national elections declared Rs 500 crore for OROP. BJP has made allotment of Rs 1,000 crore.

Today morning when in a press conference in Ahmedabad, Union Minister Piyush Goyal was asked about delay in implementing OROP which the BJP had promised ahead of the elections in 2014, Goyal in his replied said OROP implementation involves thousands of crore of Rupees and consultation are on with Finance Ministry in this regard.

– DeshGujarat