Subject: Letter to the President; Duties Of Supreme
Commander
The
attached letter was sent to the President of India by speed
post yesterday. It has also been forwarded to the RM and the
PM with the following covering letter. The two letters have
been forwarded to the media also for publication and
separately to leaders of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha and
Lok Sabha. Any of you who may have contacts in the media may
also do his/her bit to broadcast it further.
Regards
Satish
Bahri
Dear
Hon'ble Raksha Mantri,
Enclosed
is a letter I sent on 15 Apr 2013 by speed post to the President
of India in continuation of my chain of letters to the PM, you,
FM and the Law Minister on the subject of justice to the armed
forces, be it status, emoluments or being sidelined in the
decision making processes of the country, specially, in the
field of National Security. We, the last resort the country has
for ensuring its security, are being ignored totally and only
called upon to pull the government's chestnuts out of the fire
when the situation has gone out of its control. Despite that we
find that the soldier serving or retired is being persistently
alienated according to, it seems, a diabolic plan. You as the RAKSHA
MANTRI have a duty to perform, as the other ministers, incl the
PM, can blithely shrug off their responsibility in a crisis
situation, as has happened in numerous cases in the recent past.
Yesterday
I met a number of veterans from UP and their anger was so
evident that it perturbed me. But despite my warnings to this
effect in my earlier communications not a single move has been
made by the goverment to alleviate the grievances of ex
servicemen. Unless some quick moves are made by the government
you are shortening the fuse of their patience. The information
obtained by some of our colleagues through RTI applications is
so revealing that it appears that there is a concerted effort by
the bureaucracy, ably abetted by the poltical setup, to deny
rightful dues to the soldiers. Does the government want the
soldiers to fight an enemy in the event of a war or, keep
looking back to see who is stabbing them in their backs?
Decision is yours.
Regards
Yours
sincerely
Lt
Gen SK Bahri
Chairman
Alliance
of Ex Servicemen Organisations defence
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