Parrikar said the delay in sanctioning money under the scheme was being caused due to a technical error. ANI

Majid Jahangir

Tribune News Service

Srinagar, November 3

After the suicide by ex-serviceman Ram Kishan Grewal plunged the capital into chaos on Wednesday, Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday asserted that one lakh people were yet to benefit under the One Rank, One Pension (OROP) scheme and would be assisted soon after the rectification of the error causing the delay.Parrikar elucidated that the delay in sanctioning money under the scheme was being caused due to some technical error and said, “One lakh people are yet to get full benefit of the OROP. There is some technical issue. We will soon sort out the paperwork.”Parrikar was addressing ex-servicemen in central Kashmir’s Budgam district.(Follow The Tribune on Facebook; and Twitter @thetribunechd)Grewal had consumed poison on Wednesday. The 69-year-old former jawan was protesting over the OROP issue at Jantar Mantar in Delhi when he committed suicide. Earlier in the day, the mortal remains of Grewal were consigned to flames at his native village in Bhiwani. With ANI