

Delhi witnessed a mammoth Dharna participated by several hundreds of employees from all parts of the country in culmination of the three phased agitational programme by the Joint Forum of Non-Executives Union of BSNL on 07-07-2023. Com.C Singh, General Secretary, NFTE and Chairman, Joint Forum presided over. Com. P Abhimanyu, General Secretary and Convener in his welcome address came down heavily on the Central Government for the step motherly stand towards BSNL by not allowing it to launch 4G while the private companies have started 5G. The other demands of wage revision and implementation of new promotion policy for the non-executives were also explained elaborately and convincingly. Com.Amarjit Kaur, General Secretary, AITUC and Com.Tapan Sen ,General Secretary, CITU also criticized severely the neo-liberal policies being pursued by the Modi government which are completely anti-worker and and anti-people. Com.K G Jayaraj, General Secretary in his address extended full support to the struggle. He also explained briefly the present status of pension revision and the ongoing struggle being launched by the Joint Forum of BSNL MTNL Pensioners Associations and sought support and solidarity of the serving unions. Coms. Sureshkumar, General Secretary, BSNLMS and J Vijayakumar, General Secretary, TEPU also addressed. A good number of pensioners from various also participated as per the call of CHQ.
