OROP row escalates: Delhi Dy CM Manish Sisodia detained, Kejriwal slams PM

New Delhi: Delhi deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday got detained by Delhi Police while he was on his way to meet the family of deceased Ex-Army Man Ram Kishan Grewal, who allegedly committed suicide over the demand of One Rank One Pension.  Rahul Gandhi was also detained twice by Delhi Police today and taken to an undisclosed location after he tried to meet the family members of the ex-serviceman as high drama unfolded on streets in Lutyens' Delhi with Congress and AAP workers staging protests. The Deputy Chief Minister's detention sparked a row, and was immediately condemned by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the same and called it his insecurity.

Manish Sisodia detained? He had gone to meet family of deceased Ram Kishan ji. He is elected Dy CM. Whats wrong wid u Modiji? So insecure?

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) November 2, 2016

The 70-year-old ex-serviceman Ram Kishan Grewal had been upset over the issue for sometime. He had been protesting at Jantar Mantar since Monday against the delay in the implementation of the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme.   In the suicide note left by the former army jawan, he says that he is sacrificing his life for his country, for his motherland and for all the army men in the nation. Grewal committed suicide by consuming poison at a park in New Delhi area yesterday evening. Police said that he along with some other ex-servicemen was in the process of submitting a memorandum to the  over the issue of OROP. Ex-servicemen have been protesting over the OROP scheme introduced by the government for quite some time now.