The proposed visit of the Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar to Dehradun on August 22 to lay the foundation stone of the ‘War memorial’ has been postponed. Confirming it the Member of Parliament (MP), Rajya Sabha, Tarun Vijay told The Pioneer over phone that the visit of the Defence Minister is postponed. It is learnt that the programme of Parrikar was postponed due to his preoccupation with the contentious issue of One Rank One Pension (OROP).
The ex-servicemen are staging an indefinite sit in at the Jantar Mantar from June 15 and talks of the Government with the representatives of the United Front of Ex-Servicemen are in decisive phase.
MP Tarun Vijay played a vital role in getting the nod of Ministry of Defence (MOD) for land of War Memorial at Cheer Bagh in the army cantonment area. Vijay had declared that he would provide a budget of
Rs2 crore for the memorial from his MP fund. He said that a new date for the foundation stone laying ceremony would be declared soon.