Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi has written to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman requesting action on two issues affecting armed forces personnel - adequate funding to the Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS), and withdrawal of newly introduced income taxes on
Colonel (Retd.) Rohit Chaudhary, Chairman of the Congress' Ex-Servicemen Department, accused the central government of cutting down the funding of the Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) and announced a campaign to save the scheme.