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Saturday, August 15, 2015 12:05 PM IST
Chennai:
Prime Minister Modi's second Independence Day address from the Red Fort today failed to enthuse ex-servicemen. Immediately after Modi's speech, angry ex-servicemen said they were not beggars and were merely demanding their rights.
Disappointing ex-servicemen, Modi said that though negotiations for granting One Rank, One Pension were at the last stage, justice had to be done to all sections of
the population.
Ex-servicemen held a press conference at Jantar Mantar after PM Modi's I-day speech. Rejecting Mr Modi's in-principle acceptance of OROP scheme, the protestors
announced that the stir will be intensified from tomorrow.
The ex-servicemen staged a black flag protest against the PM's speech.
Modi touched on the issue of corruption, without referring to the allegations made against members of the BJP. Modi hinted that he alone could not end it: corruption,
he said, was like an attack of termites that had to be systematically fought, square inch by square inch, by the entire population.
He announced a new scheme Stand Up and Start Up India to ensure loans specially for Dalit and tribal entrepreneurs.
