The State unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) used firecrackers to express happiness at its office at Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya campus here and expressed its gratitude towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi for accepting the long pending demand of One Rank One Pension (OROP).
BJP Madhya Pradesh President and MP Nandkumar Singh Chouhan, while addressing the jubilant party workers on the occasion, said, “Today's day is an important day for the independent India. The OROP issue that was pending since last 42 years has now been solved by PM Modi in the interest of the soldiers.” Chouhan further said that the soldiers are the real heroes of the country who are always ready to give their lives to safeguard the motherland. It is the Indian soldiers that meet all the challenges posed before the nation, he added.
He said that OROP was the demand of retired soldiers and the widows of soldiers so that they could live respectfully. The earlier Congress regime deceived the former soldiers but PM Modi committed them during the parliamentary elections that OROP would be implemented and today he has fulfilled that promise, he added.
The senior BJP leader said that over 12 lakh former soldiers and 3.5 lakh widows of former soldiers would be benefitted, honored and get relief with the implementation of this scheme.
He said that the State unit of BJP has expressed its gratitude towards PM Modi and Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar for implementing the OROP.
BJP State Vice-President Ajay Pratap Singh and Soldier Cells state convener OP Shroti thanked PM Modi in their address for accepting the long pending demand of OROP. Office bearer's umbrella organisations of the party and large number of party workers were present on the occasion. The program was conducted by Bhopal district BJP vice president Ashok Saini.