Dear Air Commodre (Retd) T Pannu and others in this list.
Ignoring the silly language used by Air Comm Pannu on calling me a "traitor", for which I could easily choose to file a case under the IT Act if I wanted to, which said language does no justice to the rank he claims to hold, let me place a few simple facts on record:-
1) The Army Act and its specific requirement of "citizen of India" (exception - Nepali) is paramount. It supercedes any GOI letter. Aliens, foreigners (which is what people voluntarily become when they renounce Indian citizenship to pledge loyalty and fealty to another country) are not covered under the said Act and its applications to other Services. A similar situation exists with civilian pensioners too. Please wait for the announcement on pensions wrt aliens/foreigners, which to some extent is already in place in practice for ECHS/MI Room benefits. Rank or otherwise, what right do foreigners and aliens even if they were in the Indian Armed Forces at one time, have to enter restricted areas which includes Armed Forces Hospitals, Installations, Offices, Air Force Stations, Naval Bases, restricted Army Cantonment areas and similar in free India? Is the Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Armed Forces, the President, also to be permitted to continue with a pension if she/he chooses to renounce Indian citizenship?
2) On alcohol, why on earth should retired Armed Forces pensioners expect lifelong duty-free booze, are Indian tax-payers expected to then pay for their subsequent treatment also - if one sees the quantities being lifted? If we are talking about tradition, then providing opium and ganja was also a tradition in some armies, should that also be continued.
3) Finally, only a frustrated man says "shut up", and can understand where the good Air Comm is coming from. Get Well Soon.
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