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Rajeev is the lone Parliamentarian to have raised the issue of One Rank
One Pension (OROP) persistently since 2008. His long standing endeavour
saw victory on 05 September 2015, when the Defence Minister Manohar
Parrikar announced that the Government had accepted OROP and would
implement it. In November 2015, the Government went on to issue orders
of implementation of OROP with effect from 01 July 2014. Rajeev welcomed
the announcement stating it was the biggest and most significant welfare measure
for veterans in Post-Independent India by any Government.
Rajeev has also raised the demand for a National Military Memorial in New Delhi,
consistently in Parliament. He believes that the Country needs to show deep
gratitude to those who in times of war and peace have faithfully defended the
Nation. . It was on his initiative, persistent efforts and a long legal battle resulted in
building of the National Military Memorial at Bengaluru in 2012.
Rajeev, his foundation - the Flags of Honour, and Captain Kalia’s father Dr. N.K.
Kalia, filed a petition in UN Human Rights Council seeking independent
investigations on the torture and death of Capt. Saurabh Kalia and five jawans of
the 4 Jat Regiment during the Kargil War in 1999.
Rajeev is constantly engaged with veterans and their families and takes up matters
for their welfare. In a rare honour, in February 2016, he was felicitated by Lt Gen
KJ Singh, then General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Command, with
the Army Commander’s Commendation Card for his contribution to the cause of
the defence community and actively pursuing various defence issues, including
welfare of the veterans, at the national level.