Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 1: The annual function of the Retired Central Armed Police Forces Warriors Association J&K was held today at Shakti Nagar, Jammu during which various demands and problems of the retired paramilitary personnel were highlighted.
Member Parliament, Jugal Kishore Sharma was the chief guest on the occasion while Sham Lal Sharma (Ex Minister and BJP leader) and Chander Mohan Gupta (Mayor JMC) were guests of honour. The function was presided over by J&K president of the Association, Ram Lal Dogra.
The programme started with paying floral tributes to the soldiers who were martyred in militant attacks. Ex-personnel from Paramilitary forces including BSF, CRPF, CISF, ITBP, SSB and Assam Rifles, their family members and dependents were present in the meeting.
During the function, the members of the Association projected various demands as well as the problems being faced by them in front of the chief guest and guests of honour. The major demand of the association was to remove disparity in the pay scales between Army and Paramilitary forces.
They demanded that on the pattern of army military special pay, special pay should be granted to paramilitary personnel accordingly. The Association members said that the martyr status must be given to the CAPF soldiers who died in the anti-terror operations. They also demanded minimum ex-gratia of Rs one crore and a Government job to at least one member of the martyr’s family.
The Association also demanded implementation of OROP in Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) and restoration of old pension scheme as applicable before 2004.
Speaking on the occasion, Sham Lal Sharma said that Central Government under the bold leadership PM Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah are working day in and day out for accomplishing the task relating to national interest. He assured the Association to discuss all its demands with high command for its resolution.
Chander Mohan Gupta as well as several retired senior officers of paramilitary forces including Surjit Singh (Assistant Commandant), Desraj (Commandant), Karan Singh (Commandant), Ranjit Singh (Commandant), Dr Yashpal (Deputy Commandant) and Arjun Singh (Deputy Commandant) also spoke on the occasion.
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