SENIOR CITIZENS TO HOLD PROTEST AT JANTAN-MANTAR FOR RESTORATION OF RAILWAY TICKET CONCESSION: DHIRENDRA PD SINGH

SENIOR CITIZENS TO HOLD PROTEST AT JANTAN-MANTAR FOR RESTORATION OF RAILWAY TICKET CONCESSION: DHIRENDRA PD SINGH

12-JAN-ENG 10

RAJIV NAYAN AGRAWAL

ARA---------------------------All senior citizens of the country will hold a massive protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi during the budget session in February 2026 to press for their demands. This was stated by the organization's national president, Dhirendra Prasad Singh, while addressing a joint meeting of the National Executive Committee and the Bhojpur District Executive Committee of the Senior Citizen Welfare Association of India.

He informed that the concession given to senior citizens on railway tickets by the central government was stopped during the COVID-19 pandemic, and despite repeated assurances, it has not been reinstated yet. Also, the demand to lower the age limit for the Ayushman Bharat health card for senior citizens to 60 years has not been fulfilled. The organization's General Secretary, Prof. Dr. Diwakar Pandey, demanded that the central government immediately restore the concession on railway tickets in the interest of senior citizens. The organization's Vice President, Mr. Ashok Kumar Mishra, and Secretary, Prof. Amarendra Kumar, demanded that Ayushman health cards be provided to senior citizens aged 60 years and above.

The resolutions passed at the meeting included the establishment of health check-up centers for senior citizens across the country on the lines of Jan Aushadhi Kendras, a 50 percent discount on all categories of railway tickets, a 50 percent discount for senior citizens on air tickets, the construction of old age homes in every block, and the commencement of mobile medical services. The meeting was addressed by several prominent office bearers including Harendra Singh, Mahavir Yadav, Devendra Prasad Yadav, Bajrangbali Singh, Ravindra Nath Singh, Dr. Nathuni Pandey, Ramnarayan Pandey, Ram Ayodhya Prasad, Satyanarayan Singh, Narendra Singh, Subhash Thakur, Anant Kumar Srivastava, Avinash Prasad, Dinesh Prasad Singh, Uday Pratap, Sushil Rai, Brahmeshwar Dasaundhi, Satyadev Vashishth, Awadhesh Kumar Pandey, Surendra Sinha and Ashok Kumar Chaudhary.