1. Armed Forces Veterans are closely following the unfolding situation of the farmer’s peaceful agitation to repeal the three laws passed by Parliament. We are also aware that workers across sectors have supported the demands of farmers, in addition to peacefully raising objections to amended labour laws.
2. The purpose of this statement is to inform protesting farmers that Armed Forces Veterans unconditionally and unequivocally support their rightful demands being conveyed in a democratic and peaceful manner. Therefore:
# We stand in solidarity with the peacefully protesting farmers, empathize with them, and support their demands.
# We condemn the use of force on farmers with tear-gas and water-cannons.
# We strongly urge the Government to consider the demands of agitating farmers to repeal the laws since no prior consultation with the primary stakeholders was held.
# We pledge to uphold and support the Constitution of India and stand shoulder to shoulder in support of peaceful dissent and this democratic protest.
3. We understand the pulse of serving Armed Forces personnel, 80% of whom are from the farmer background and are a part of the very organic Jawan-Kisan link. Neglecting the importance of this organic link can seriously affect our country’s security.
4. In the larger interest of maintaining the integrity of the social fabric of our country, we strongly urge the Government to accept the demands of agitating farmers and agitating workers.
Jai Jawan! Jai Kisan!
Jai Hind!
The signatories are as below:
Adm Laxminarayan Ramdas, PVSM, AVSM, VrC, VSM
Adm Vishnu Bhagwat , PVSM , AVSM
Lt Gen Mathew Mammen , PVSM, AVSM, VSM*
Lt Gen VIJAY OBEROI, PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Lt Gen Narinder Brar, PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Vice Adm MADANJIT SINGH , PVSM, AVSM
Maj Gen Sishan Chohan,
Maj Gen David Iver Devavaram , SM, VSM
Maj Gen Jasmohan Sidhu, VSM
Maj Gen Sudhir Vombatkere, VSM
Maj Gen Madan Kandal
Maj Gen Kulbir Dahiya,
Air Vice Marshal Kapil Kak, AVSM VSM
Brig Nawab Heer,
Brig Indrajeet Gakhal,
Brig HS Gill, SC
Brig VEDPAL SINGH,
Brig Rakesh Mehta,
Brig Rajeev, VSM
Brig Surinder Gill,
Brig Tom Dullat , SC,SM
Brig Surinder Kakar,
Brig Satish Prakash Agarwal,
Brig Deepak Grover,
Brig Anoop Jairath,
Brig Devadoss, SM
Brig Deepak Sethi, COAS CC
Brig Darshan Khullar, Padma Shri, Arjuna Award, AVSM
Brig Mohan,
Brig TC Singh,
Brig Ali Adil Mahmood, VSM ,
Brig S P Agarwal,
Commodore Sujeet, ,
Commodore Kuldip Sandhu, ,
Surg Commodore Varinder Bedi, NM ,
Col PAVAN KUMAR NAIR, VSM ,
Col Mohan Singh,
Col Ashwin Baindur,
Col BS Rangi,
Col Shashi Thomas,
Col Kulwant Saini,
Col ZIA UR RAHMAN,
Col B V Sharma, SM ,
Col Vijay Bedi ,
Col Jaswinder Singh Bains ,
Col Satpreet Singh,
Col Lakhvinder Sujlana,
Col Dinesh Kumar,
Col Navdeep Singh Charan,
Col Alok Mehta, SM(G) ,
Col Jitendra Ahluwalia,
Col Mehta,
Col Tarlochan Singh Kalra,
Col BS Rangi,
Col Surinder Pal Singh Bhattal ,
Col Sukhbir Randhawa,
Col Tejinder Mundi,
Col Sukhbir Singh,
Col Ashok Kumar Singh,
Col Madhu Sudan Kapoor ,
Col Anil Bawa,
Col Atamjeet Singh Sandhu,
Col Gurpritinder Sidhu ,
Col Jeetinder Hundal , SM
Col ZIA UR RAHMAN,
Col Bhavnaish Khosla,
Col E. N. Ambre, CAS CC ,
Col Nataraja Thiagarajan ,
Col Hoshiar Slngh,
Col Sukhdev Singh Bhullar
Col Atul Kumar Mehra,
Capt, Indian Navy Subbarao Prabhala, VSM
Gp Capt Philips Jacob, VM(G)
Gp Capt BC Christopher,
Gp Capt Vivek Bandopadhay, SC, VM
Lt Col Amar Partap Singh Dhanoya ,
Lt Col Johnson Thomas,
Lt Col Gill Charanjit Singh ,
Lt Col Baljit Bakshi,
Lt Col Arun Rao, Sena Medal (G) ,
Lt Col Riyaz Khan,
Lt Col Subhash ,
Lt Col Harjinder Singh ,
Lt Col Anil Sood,
Lt Col Amrik Singh,
Lt Col Sukhjinder Randhawa,
Lt Col CHARANJIT MANDER,
Lt Col KULWANT ATTAL, ,
Lt Col Lateef,
Commander Sati Taneja,
Commander P K Tyagi , NM ,
Commander Arjun Sridharan,
Commander Jatender Randhawa,
Wg Cdr M Mujeeb, ,
Wg Cdr Sufiyan khan,
Wg Cdr Vinod Nebb,
Wg Cdr Sudhir Kumar,
Wg Cdr Rajesh Khosla,
Wg Cdr V Sandhu,
Major Priyadarshi Chowdhury , SC ,
Major Gurdeep Singh Samra,
Major Devasahayam MG,
Major Surinder Singh ,
Major Ravinder Gujral,
Major Sanjeev Bhagwani,
Lt Commander Harbans Dhillon,
Sqn Ldr Gulzar Singh Mathauda , ,
Sqn Ldr PJB Khorana, AOCinC WAC CC ,
Capt Sukhjeet Singh , ,
Capt Surjit Singh Virk, ,
Capt Pawan Kumar, ,
Lt, Indian Navy Sandhya Suri, ,
Lt, Indian Navy Adrina Colaço Prakash Sinha
Flt Lt Rajiv Tyagi, ,
Flt Lt R Swarnalatha, ,
Hony Capt Joginder Singh, ,
Hony Capt D.N.Singh, ,
Hony Capt Joginder Singh, ,
MCPO I Ranjit Sidhu, ,
MCPO I Shivraj Singh Khowal, ,
MCPO II Samsu Abdul, ,
MCPO II Bagga Singh, ,
Chief ERA Wasiullah Ansari, ,
Chief ERA Iqbal Singh Shergill, ,
Chief EAP Jagjit Singh Kanwar, ,
Nb Sub Raja Gopal, ,
Sgt Asif, ,
Nk Nirmal Singh,
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