Telangana News

Rs. 5,500 crore has been allocated for implementing the OROP (One Rank One Pension) scheme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, adding that its an issue that had been hanging fire for the last 40 years, even as he lauded the valor and sacrifice of the armed forces amid tension on the border with Pakistan.

Dedicating Diwali to the armed forces personnel, Modi was celebrating the festival with the Army and ITBP men in Sumdo in Kinnaur district, Himachal Pradesh. “Spent time with our courageous @ITBP_official & Army Jawans at Sumdo, Kinnaur district, Himachal Pradesh. Jai Jawan! Jai Hind!,” he tweeted.

Earlier, in his monthly “Mann ki Baat” programme on All India Radio, Modi asked the people and the state governments to find ways of forging unity across the country and work to defeat separatist tendencies and mentalities. He appreciated everyone who sent overwhelming messages to his “Sandesh2Soldiers” campaign.

In the wake of the ongoing unrest in Kashmir Valley, he said, “Unity in diversity is our strength. It is the responsibility of every citizen and all governments to forge unity and curb separatist tendencies to save the country.”