Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 7: J S Bajju, president of All Jammu and Kashmir Paramilitary Forces Ex-Servicemen Welfare Association, Jammu, has castigated the State and Central Government for their lackadaisical approach to recognize the services of Ex- Paramilitary forces personnel at par with the Defence forces.
Talking to media persons, here today, he lamented that the ex-servicemen of Paramilitary forces were not granted the facilities and other benefits at par with ex-defense force personnel although their service conditions were almost similar.
“Despite many representations in this regard, the State and Central Government failed to consider the demands of ex-servicemen of Paramilitary forces. The discriminated attitude of the Government has made the post retirement lives of paramilitary persons miserable, besides future of their wards lie in dark,” he said.
Mr Bajju also presented a charter of demands for immediate consideration in order to improve the post retirement lives of paramilitary forces personnel, their wards and next of kin.
He demanded that ex-gracia to ex-Servicemen CAPF persons be given by the concerned State, reservation to wards of Para military forces persons for recruitment in State Government, quota in Railway reservation, hostel for the CAPF ex-Servicemen personal at the District level, free medical facility in State Government hospitals, free counseling for assistance in the litigation cases, VAT exemption on CSD Canteen items, etc.
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