It was certainly a well organised All India Conference both in its conduct and contents. The inaugural session, Open session and delegates session were there in the historic conference held at Mysuru from 17th to 20th December, 2018. 

The inaugural session was presided over by Com.Balbir Singh, President. Com.P.Abhimanyu, General Secretary welcomed one and all. Com.Tapan Sen, General Secretary, CITU inaugurated the conference thoroughly exposing the anti-worke  anti-PSU and anti-people policies of the Modi government and workers are again compelled to resort to a two day strike. He also slammed the government for its efforts to weaken BSNL by denying 4G spectrum to compete with the private telecos. Coms. Amanullah Khan, President,AIIEA, VAN Namboodiri, founder General Secretary, Seethalaksmy (Confederation), K.G.jayaraj, General Secretary, AIBDPA and Animesh Mitra, Secretary General, BSNL CCWF, Swapan Chakraborty, Deputy General Secretary and M.C.Balakrishna, Chairman, Reception Committee addressed.

After his address Com.K.G.jayaraj, General Secretary handed over an amount of Rs.4.35 lakh collected by AIBDPA ,Karnataka comrades towards donation to the Reception Committee. Coms. C.K.Gundanna, General Secretary, Reception Committee, M.C.Balakrishna, Chairman and  H.V.Sudharshan, Working Chairman  received the amount. Coms. G.G.Patil, AGS, Muddaiah, Circle Secretary and C.G.Annegiri, Circle Treasurer were present. CHQ  heartily congratulate our Karnataka comrades for their great gesture.

An impressive rally was taken out before the Open session was held in the afternoon on 17th December. Various leaders of Unions and Associations participated along with  top executives of BSNL participated and addressed.

The three day delegates session that started on 18th December discussed the report presented by the General Secretary and also deliberated the issues and organisational position . 

The conference called upon the BSNL employees to participate in the two day National Strike on 8th and 9th January, 2019.

The following comrades were elected unanimously as the office bearers;

President : Com. Animesh Mitra, West Bengal
Vice-presidents :

(1) Com. Balbir Singh, Ludhiana, Punjab
(2) Com. Nagesh Kumar Nalawade, Maharashtra
(3) Com. R.S.Chouhan, NTR, New Delhi
(4) Smt. K. Ramadevi, Andhra Pradesh
(5) Com. M.K. Dave, Gujarat.
(6) Com. K.S. Soun, Uttarakhand.
General Secretary : Com. P. Abhimanyu, Puducherry.
Dy. General Secretary : Com. Swapan Chakraborty, NE-I
Asst. General Secretaries :

(1) Com. Sampath Rao, Telangana
(2) Com. S. Chellappa, Tamil Nadu
(3) Com. John Verghese, Maharashtra
(4) Com. Prakash Sharma, Madhya Pradesh
(5) Com. R.K. Mishra, UP (East)
(6) Com. M.Vijayakumar, Kerala
Treasurer : Com. Gakul Borah, Assam
Organising Secretaries :

(1) Com. Ramesh Chand Sharma, Haryana
(2) Com. Sisir Kr. Roy, CTD, Kolkata
(3) Com. P.K. Jain, Rajasthan.
(4) Com. Amarjith Singh, Himachal Pradesh.
(5) Com. Naresh Pal, UP (West).
(6) Com. M.C. Balakrishna, Karnataka.
(7) Com. Irfan Pasha, Karnataka.
(8) Com. S.D. Chowdhary, TF-Mumbai
(9) Com. P.R. Parameswaran, Kerala.

The Reception Committee made excellent arrangements for the successful conduct of the conference which was appreciated by one and all.