Party accuses Centre of ‘fake nationalism’The Congress on Friday accused the Narendra Modi government of betraying the armed forces by trying to ‘steal’ their pension and accused it of ‘fake nationalism’. Presently, he will get Rs 50,000 as pension but the BJP’s new proposal shall only give the officer ₹ 25,000,” he claimed. The new proposal of allowing ‘full pension’ to only those officers who have spent more than 35 years in the armed forces would demoralise the armed forces. Mr. Surjewala questioned if the government can change the officers’ service conditions retrospectively since they signed a compulsorily a 20-year bond at the Indian Military Academy. Rahul’s tweetFormer Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, in a tweet, attacked the government for its handling of the border hostility with China.

Source: The Hindu November 06, 2020 10:41 UTC