After failure of OROP talks ex-servicemen to boycott today's war event
The golden jubilee celebrations begin on Friday with a function to mark India's capture of the Haji Pir Pass on August 28, 1965.
On Thursday night, ex-servicemen negotiating with the government, walked out of a meeting being unable toaccept new new proposals on One Man One Pension scheme. The war veterans were hopeful about an end to the stalemate which came to a naught.
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Thursday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would make an announcement "as and when time comes".
The veterans will meet on Thursday to decide how to escalate their protest.
The government is said to be upset that more and more veterans are joining the hunger strike at Delhi's Jantar Mantar, which began after PM Modi failed to announce OROP in his Independence Day speech on August 15.
OROP will give equal pension to servicemen retiring with the same rank regardless of when they retire.
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