The Prime Minister's Office has held talks with the representatives of the ex-servicemen, who are protesting at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, demanding early implementation of the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme. The meeting with Prime Minister's Principal Secretary Nripendra Misra yesterday came on a day when a third veteran joined the fast-unto-death.<br/>Talking exclusively to AIR this morning, Major General (Retd.) Satbir Singh, who heads the Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement, said that since a round of talks have already been held with Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, who had sought 10 days time to discuss the issue with Prime Minister, there will not be any escalation of protest for ten days. He said that Mr Misra told them that normalcy should be restored and the 'fast-unto-death' move should be called off, to which they said that they want a concrete assurance to stop it. <br/><br/>The Major General also said, they have sought a meeting with the Prime Minister within 10 days and an assured date for the implementation of the scheme. The ex-servicemen have been protesting for 66 days demanding early implementation of OROP. On Monday, 10 former Service Chiefs had written to the Prime Minister pressing for expeditious resolution of the issue.