AFVAI
was one of the early associations to join UFESM in the agitation for
OROP. Our contribution in the conduct of agitation, especially the RHS
& FUD was substantial.No doubt Maj.Gen
Satbir Singh representing IESM was also active in the agitation. Since
IESM was an old association with lots of financial resources, they have
been creating a false impression right from day one that the IESM is
solely responsible for the conduct of the agitation. Further they have
been misusing the venue of Jantar Mandir to collect funds for IESM.
Although some of the
constituents of the UFESM including the Chairman of UFESM objected
to all these, Maj Gen. Satbir Singh and his team consisting of Gp.Capt
VK Gandhi and Wg. Cdr CK Sharma made no efforts to build the bridge. On
the other hand they started ignoring the constituents who opposed their wrong path and even ill treated Col Inderjeet Singh,the Chairman of UFESM who is a respected & disabled war veteran
They had the audacity
to say that this agitation is an exclusive show of IESM and those who
have objections can leave. They have also stopped consulting other
constituents of UFESM and started taking unilateral decisions, some of
which were not in the best interests of the ESM community as a whole.
Needless to say they
were exploiting the numerical strength of JCOs & NCOs as well. They
were using them as human shields to wage the war of OROP for which, in
our opinion, the officers are not eligible at all. In short the welfare
and interests of the JCOs & NCOs are not in their mind but only want to take advantage of their
numerical strength.
In spite of all these
constraints AFVAI stood firmly with the UFESM all through the
agitation. But of late Maj.Gen Satbir Singh & team started
misbehaving with our Chairman which has not only hurt him badly but also
put the AFVAI in an embarrassing position. The arrogant attitude of
IESM towards other constituents of UFESM and their tendency to treat
the whole show as an IESM event made us to take the painful decision of
parting with the UFESM in which IESM is a constituent.
We would also like to
make it clear that the reason for such a decision by AFVAI is the
unreasonable and anti- JCOs & NCOs attitude of IESM, Maj.Gen Satbir
Singh & his team. They are solely responsible for this episode.
AFVAI
1. Maj Gen SS ill treated AFVAI CHAIRMAN. Hence AFVAI bids adieu to UFFXSM. Good.
ReplyDeleteMaj Gen Satbir Singh was interested to get OROP mainly because the officers ranks would be benefited in large. In regard to PBOR it would not fetch more difference' however the OROP is very much justified for PBOR as this segment is poorly paid and employed in Armed Forces on a contract period such as 9 years + 6 years and so on. Edward
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