Protest Day has been observed successfully with large participation of pensioners in all the 16 districts in West Bengal, viz,Coochbihar,Jalpaiguri, Gangtok, Siliguri, Raiganj, Malda, Suri, Berhampore, Krishnagar, Bardhman, Durgapur, Asansol, Purulia, Bankura, Kharagpur and Kolkata. In addition,the protest demonstrations were also held at Katwa,Rampurhat, Sainthia, Bolpur etc, Members of BSNLEU & CORTO also joined the programme actively.

In Kolkata,the Dharna in front of CTO was organised jointly by the Kolkata District Branch and Circle Association in which there was a huge participation of pensioners. Com. Animesh Mitra, Deputy General Secretary, BSNLEU, Com.P.K.Nandi, Circle Treasurer, Com. Dilip Das, Vice President and Com.Hirak Sengupta, District President addressed.

PROTEST GOONDAISM BY TRINAMOOL HOOLIGANS.

CHQ strongly protests the attempt of some Trinamool hooligans to physically attack the participants of Dharna in front of Telephone Exchange Bardhman who rushed to the Dharna carrying tricolour NFTE-BSNL flags and shouting to stop the program. However our comrades dealt the situation tactfully and managed to continue the Dharna.