Members of the Ex-Central Paramilitary Forces’ Welfare Association raise slogans during a protest against the Central government in Jammu on Wednesday. Tribune Photo: Inderjeet Singh

Jammu, June 7

The Ex-Central Paramilitary Forces’ Welfare Association today alleged that the Central government was not interested in giving one rank, one pension (OROP) benefits to the paramilitary forces.In a meeting held under the chairmanship of its president Shashi Kumar Sharma, the association worked out a strategy to approach the Centre. The association said the OROP was for defence forces and not for the paramilitary forces.“Regarding the OROP, the Government of India said nothing in favour of former personnel of Central paramilitary forces. Injustice has been done to us by not granting us OROP. From jawans to generals of defence forces, all are pursuing their matter vigorously but the Directors General of the paramilitary forces are maintaining a silence on it,” a statement of the association said.Others who were present on the occasion included DK Chohan, Gurbachan Singh, Dalip Singh, Noor Mohammad, Ramnat Saini, Kamlesh Kumari, Ashok Kumar and Vijay Kumar. — TNS