New Delhi, March 04: A day after locking horns with Manmohan Singh during the Presidential Address debate, senior BJP leader L K Advani today said the Prime Minister had breached Parliamentary propriety by making “false” claims that enhanced pension announced for army personnel had been met.
“Advani informed BJP MPs about PM’s claim in Lok Sabha yesterday that the government had implemented its decision on enhancement of pension to JCOs and Jawans. No JCO or Jawan has received any such orders. This is a very serious matter of Parliamentary impropriety,” senior party leader M Venkaiah Naidu told reporters, quoting Advani.
Advani, who is Chairman of BJP Parliamentary Party, was speaking at a meeting of the BJP MPs here. He cited a letter written by Maj Gen (Retd.) Satbir Singh, vice chairman, Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement, where the latter had mentioned the July 6, 2009 order.
–PTI