The meeting of the Reception Committee of the 3^rd Triennial All India Conference was held at BSNLEU Kolkata Telephones Circle office on 13-08-2018. Coms. Supriya Mitra, Susanta Ghosh and D.Basu, Joint Working Chairmen were in the presidium. Inaugurating the meeting, Com.K.G.Jayaraj pointed out the significance of holding the conference at Kolkata at a crucial juncture and extended the gratitude to the three circle branches and CORTO for taking up the huge responsibility of holding the AIC at Kolkata. He also drew the attention of the Reception Committee, the basic amenities to be provided to the delegates for the successful conduct of the conference. Coms.Sanjib Banerjee and Pijush Chakraborty, Joint General Secretaries reported the arrangements already done with respect to the venue and accommodation. Coms.A.K.Bhattacharjee, CHQ President, Adhir Kr Sen, Treasurer, Animesh Mitra, Circle Secretary, BSNLEU, West Bengal, Saibalsen Gupta, AGS, BSNLEU, Om Prakash Singh, Genral Secretary, BSNL Co-Ordination Committee, Arup Sarkar, Circle Secretary, BSNLCCWF also supplemented. The meeting also approved the proposals for various sub committees. After due consideration of all aspects, the Reception Committee in consultation with the General Secretary fixed the Delegate Fee to be Rs.1000, including CHQ Levy of Rs.200.

Utilizing the opportunity of General Secretary’s visit to Kolkata, Telecom Factory & Stores held its Circle Executive Committee Meeting at BSNLEU office, Telecom Factory, Alipore, Kolkata on 13-08-2018. Com.Sujit Mukharjee, Circle President controlled the proceedings. Addressing the CEC, Com.K.G.jayaraj, General Secretary explained the present position of pension revision and wage revision, BSNL MRS issues and protection of BSNL. The decisions of the Jalgaon Central Executive Committee meeting also reported and appealed to make the ensuing AIC at Kolkata a grand success. Coms. Om Prakash Singh, Circle Secretary, BSNLEU and General Secretary, BSNL Co-Ordination Committee and Adhir Kr Sen, Circle Secretary also addressed.

Two new branches have been formed at Arani and Thiruvathipuram under Vellore District Branch on 14-08-2018. The meeting held at Yogesg hall, Arani for this purpose was presided over by Com.V.Elumalai, District President and inaugurated by Com. K.Krisnamurthy, Circle Organising Secretary. Com.B.Jothisudanthiranathan, District Secretary welcomed . Coms. K.C.Munusamy, Pandurengan and Parthakan were elected President, Secretary and Treasurer, respectively for the Arani branch. For Thiruvathipuram branch, Coms. S.Karunanidhi (President), D.Arumugham (Secretary) and Thankam (Treasurer) were elected unanimously.

An amount of Rs.5320 was collected in the meeting to the Kerala Flood Relief Fund.

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 The district conference of AIBDPA Guntur AP Circle was held on 12/08/2018 at CITU office old  Guntur under the president ship of District president Com Rathaiah. The activities report  submitted by the district Secretary Com.Ch.Enoch and accounts by the Treasurer were adopted after discussion. Com.KSC Bose CS AP Circle in his address informed the present position of wage revision in BSNL and our demand of pension revision with 15%fitment, fixed medical allowance of Rs.2000 and present position of the state of working class and the national situation.He gave a detailed report on the decisions of the Jalgaon CEC ,next AIC at Kolkata and the need to participate in the united struggles.Krishna District Secretary Com. R.Madhava Rao explained to the members the working pattern in Vijayawada.District Secretary of BSNLEU Guntur assured all cooperation.Other circle executive members of BSNLEU greeted the conference.

The conference unanimously elected new office bearers with Com.P.Sambasiva Rao, Com.Ch.Enoch and Com.K.Kameswara Rao as President, Secretary and Treasurer respectively

The NE I Circle Conference was held at the BSNLEU office, Shillong on 11-08-2018 under the presidentship of Com.K.W.R. Nongrum, Circle President. The biennial report and audited accounts were presented by Coms.Gopal Das, Circle Secretary and N.G.Paul, Treasurer, respectively and were adopted after discussion. Office bearers were elected unanimously with Com.K.W.R.Nongrum (President) and Gopal Das (Circle Secretary).

Addressing the open session Com.K.G.Jayaraj, General Secretary gave a detailed account of the developments with regard to pension revision, medical issues and the decisions of Jalgaon CEC. Coms.M.R.Das, AGS, P.K.Bhattacharjee, ACS, Assam Shivji Ray, Circle Secretary, BSNLEU, Shylla, Circle President, BSNLEU and M.N.Bhattacharjee (Convenor, Joint Pensioners organizations) , also addressed.

Com.K.G.Jayaraj, General Secretary has participated in the well attended Extended Circle Executive Committee Meeting held at Guwahati on 10-08-2018. The open session was inaugurated by Com. Satanjib Das (LIC) and was presided over by Com.D.N.Baishya,Circle President. Com. S.N.Sarma presented the report and accounts. All the District Secretaries and Circle Office bearers participated actively in the discussion. Com.K.G.jayaraj, General Secretary spoke on the important issues and the necessity to strengthen the organization by enrolling more members. He also explained the decisions of the Jalgaon CEC held on 30-31, July, 2018 including the programme of agitation and ensuing All India Conference at Kolkata. Com.M.R.Das, AGS also spoke on organizational issues.

The unprecedented heavy rains continue to play havoc in the flood situation in Kerala to its worst. 324 people have lost their lives up to the morning on 17th August, lakhs of people are shifted to relief camps, thousands are stranded and rescue operations are in full swing despite bad weather. Lakhs of people have lost everything as their houses are swept away in the floods. 27 dams were compelled to be opened which aggravated the flood situation and all the rivers are overflowing. Bridges, roads, electrical and telecom installations, rails etc are damaged and in some cases destroyed completely. So, life in Kerala has virtually come to a  stand still as traffic through road, rail and air is stopped.

This is an unusual situation in the history of Kerala for the last 100 years. The government of Kerala is managing the situation most effectively with the support of the people, army, navy, air force, police, fire force and numerous non-government organisations. The huge financial burden of the devastating disaster cannot be borne with the government fund alone. The Chief Minister of Kerala has appealed to all for generous contributions to the Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund. CHQ requests all the units to extend an helping hand to the people of Kerala at this period of distress by contributing, what ever little it may be, to the Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund directly to bank account ; State Bank Of India, City Branch, Thiruvananthapuram- account No.67319948232, IFSC : SBIN0070028 , with intimation to CHQ. Kerala Circle Branch has already taken the initiative to collect the relief fund and it is worth mentioning that Kannur District Branch donated Rs.1 lakh on 13-08-2018 and Kollam District Rs.50,000 on 15-08-2018.

So let us rush the donations and no time to lose.

Dear Comrades and well wishers,

CHQ expresses regret for not updating website from 08th to 17th August during which period Com.K.G.Jayaraj, General Secretary happened to be on tour to Assam, Shillong and Kolkata. Though arrangement was made to do the updating even during his travel and carrying the laptop for this purpose, he was unable to do it due to some unforeseen technical snag.

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