The second biennial Circle Conference of Kolkata Telephones Circle was held at Com.S.R.Nayak Nagar and Alok Ray Manch (CTO, Kolkata) on 16th February, 2015 with great enthusiasm. The Reception Committee under the leadership of Central Branch made very good arrangements to hold the conference successfully. The conference started with flag hoisting by Com. Ananta Bhattacharjee, All India President as well as Circle President followed by offering tribute to the martyrs.

The delegates session started at 10 AM under the president ship of Com. Ananta Bhattacharjee. Com.K.G.Jayaraj, General Secretary delivered the inaugural address  in which the important issues of the pensioners including 78.2% IDA merger, memorandum submitted to the 7th Pay Commission, the serious crisis being faced by the BSNL against which the indefinite strike proposed from March17 and the anti-people policies of the BJP government were dealt in detail.

Com. Supriya Mitra, Circle Secretary presented the biennial report and Com.P.M.Das, Treasurer the audited accounts which were adopted after discussion by delegates from all the branches. An open session with big gathering was also held at 3PM and Com. Samir Ghosh, Veteran leader of the bank employees and pensioners made the keynote address and exposed thorourghly the pro-corporate policies of the BJP government. Com. K. G. Jayaraj, General Secretary, Com. Animesh Mitra, Circle Secretary, BSNLEU, West Bengal, Com.Biplap Das, General Secretary, Co ordination of BSNL Unions, Com.Subhasis Roy, Asst. Circle Secretary, BSNLEU, Kolkata Telephones, Com.Pabitra Chakraborty, Deputy Secretary General, NCCPA, Com.Susanta Ghosh, Circle Secretary, AIBDPA, West Bengal and Com. Supriya Mitra addressed the open session. Com. Ananta Bhattacharjee in his brief speech exhorted to strengthen the organization at all levels to fight out the onslaught of the anti-people government. Com. Mihirdas Gupta, Asst. Circle Secretary presented the resolutions on important issues and were adopted. Com. Prabhir Dutta, CHQ Vice President and Com. Swastikadas Gupta, CHQ Organising Secretary also participated in the conference.

Office bearers were elected with Com. Ananta Bhattacharjee (Advisor) Com. Supriya Mitra (President), Com. Sanjib Banarjee (Circle Secretary) and Com. P. M. Das (Treasurer).       

With vote of thanks by Com. Sanjib Banerjee, the conference came to an end.