There has been some delay in updating AIC news as the General Secretary had to rush to Bogota to participate in the 2nd Congress of TUI(P&R) on 27-28 February, 2019 immediately after the conclusion of the conference, which is regretted.

39 comrades have participated in the discussion on the report and organisational issues and General Secretary replied appropriately. Thereafter the report and accounts were approved.

According to the credential report presented by Com.Swastika Dasgupta, 836 delegates  and 123  observers participated in the conference out of which 53 were lady comrades. 26 circles have been represented and nobody could attend from J&K Circle due the peculiar situation prevailing there; Himachal PradeshCircle is defunct.

Resolutions presented by Com.P.Asokababu on Pension revision, Revival of BSNL, BSNL MRS, Communal harmony, Attack on democracy, 3 days strike by AUAB, Policy and programme with charter of demands and Congratulating Reception Committee were adopted unanimously.

Certain amendments to the constitution approved by the Central Executive Committee were ratified by the conference.

The conference decided to organise a Sanchar Bhawan March on 15-03-2019 demanding implementation of the assurance given by the Communications Minister to delink Pension Revision from wage revision.

The  panel proposed by Com. C K Narasimhan, Circle Secretary, Tamil Nadu and seconded by Com. S N Sarma, Circle Secretary, Assam was approved and the following comrades were elected unanimously for the next triennial period.

Advisor                       : Com V A N Namboodiri (Kerala)

Patron                         : Com. P V Chandrasekharan (Kerala)

President                    : Com. Ananta Kr Bhattacharjee (Kolkata)

Vice Presidents          : Com. P.Asokababu (Andhra Pradesh)

                                       Com. S Mohandoss (Tamil Nadu)

                                       Com. Susanta Kr Ghosh (West Bengal)                                                     

                                       Com. Adhir Kr Sen (Telecom Factory & Stores,Kolkata)

                                       Com.A. Dhupal (Odisha)

                                       Com. K.P.Sharma (Rajasthan)

                                       Com. D.Shankar (Telangana)

General Secretary    : Com.K G Jayaraj (Kerala)

Asst, Gnl Secretaries: Com. D Basu (CORTO, Kolkata)

                                       Com. M R Das (Assam)

                                       Com. R.Muraleedharan Nair (Kerala)

                                       Com. Sanjib Banerjee (Kolkata)

                                       Com. R S Chouhan (NTR, Delhi)

                                       Com. H C Prakash (Karnataka)

Treasurer                     Com. R A Nair (Kerala)

Asst. Treasurer           Com.K.Pankajavalli (Tamil Nadu)

Organising Secretaries: Com. Saibalsen Gupta (Kolkata)

                                          Com.K R Yadav (UP(E) )

                                          Com.M B Chaniyara (Gujarat)

                                          Com. Pijush Chakraborty (West Bengal)

                                         Com. Swastika Dasgupta (Kolkata)

                                          Com. A.S. Chaudhary (Maharashtra)

                                          Com. Jagadish Singh (Madhya Pradesh)

                                          Com. Mintu Chandra Bhowmik (North East I )   

The services of the relinquished comrades, S C Shrivastava (MP), Prabir Dutta (NE II), Supriya Mitra (Kolkata) Vice Presidents, G G Patil (Karnataka), K. Govindaraj (Chennai Telephones) Assistant General Secretaries, K.Kaliprasad (Tamil Nadu), R V Singh (UP (W) and Kuldeep Singh (Haryana), Organising Secretaries are appreciated with special mention of Coms.G G Patil and Supriya Mitra. 

 

The historic conference came to an end at 1800 on 24th February with an enthusiastic speech by Com. V A N Namboodiri and inspirational concluding address by Com. A K Bhattacharjee , President.

ALL CREDIT GOES TO THE RECEPTION COMMITTEE.

The three circle branches, Kolkata Telephones, West Bengal, Telecom Factory & Stores along with CORTO , our strong and trusted affiliate boldly took up the challenge of holding the 3rd Triennial All India Conference knowing fully the prevailing threatening situation in West Bengal.  They worked hard and systematically under the able advice of senior leaders like our President A.K.Bhattacharjee , Supriya Mitra and Animesh Mitra. However a serious crisis erupted on 7th February, 2019 when the Director of the Youth Hostel informed that the accommodation is cancelled due to some government program. They pleaded like anything with the Director and managed to get accommodation for 600 and had to search for alternative accommodation for the remaining. Finally two, three dormitories were also allotted but for exorbitant rates and somehow managed the situation. 

Everything was well planned and executed to the satisfaction of all.  They also created a history by releasing the Souvenir in the inaugural session itself.

So the 3rd Triennial All India Conference became historic and memorable, thanks to the invaluable services of hundreds of committed and sincere comrades of the Reception Committee.