One of the great musicians of our country Dr. M.Balamuralikrishna (86) has passed away at Chennai on 22-11-2016. He was a master in Carnatic and Hindustani vocal and also played musical instruments like viola, violin and mridangam.
AIBDPA pays respectful homage to Dr.M.Balamuralikrishna and conveys deep condolences to the bereaved family, relatives and friends.
One of our strong comrades of Kollam SSA, Com.C.Chandrasekharan has become a victim of demonetisation of currencies by the central government. Com. Chandrasekharan (68) was on the long queue of State Bank of Travancore, Kottiyam Branch, Kollam on 20-11-2016. He collapsed in the queue and died before taken to the hospital.
CHQ conveys deep condolences to the bereaved family and comrades.
A VIEW OF THE PARTICIPANTS.
Even after seven decades of Independence 15,71,91,476 people in India have no toilet facilities and are compelled for open defecation. India has the dubious distinction of being number one in this respect. While the governments coming one after another speaks volumes about this, no mentionable advance has been made. It is a shame for the whole country,
It is commendable that Kerala is almost on the verge of putting an end to open defecation with the large number of toilets being built. Further, the clean habits of the Kerala people and the increased literacy has helped.
The Central Government should not only advertise “Swatch Bharat”, but should implement its promises of providing toilets to all.
CHQ expresses anguish,shock and sorrow in loss of more than 140 innocent victims and hundreds of passengers injured in the gruesome train accident near Kanpur on 20-11-2016. The accident occured due to derailment of 14 coaches of the Patna- Indore express and the reasons are yet to investigated. The accident once again points to the lack of security of the rail passengers for which the Indian Railways is answerable.
AIBDPA conveys heartfelt condolences to bereaved families of the deceased.
Shri T.S.Thakur, Chief Justice of India, has severely criticised communal forces, which spread hatred and violence in the name of religion. Addressing in the function to release a book at New Delhi, the Chief Justice has spoken as follows:-
“More lives have been lost in the name of religion than political ideology. The manner in which a person chooses to practice his religion is between him and God and no third person has any business to interfere. Religion is personal. No one has any business to say how you practice your faith. The thought that “only my path is right” has led to destruction, damage and bloodshed.”
It is very important that the Chief Justice of India has expressed such views, at a time when communal forces are dividing the people in the name of religion, to take political advantage.
(courtesy: BSNLEU website)
The Supreme Court came down heavily on the government on 18-11-2016 for not doing enough to ease the cash crunch in the country, warning that the situation was serious and people were still so anxious that there could be riots.
The government’s surprise decision to scrap high-value currency has led to chaos, with snaking queues outside banks and ATMs even 10 days after the decision. The bills accounted for 86% of all cash in the economy.
“People are affected and they have the right to approach the courts. People are frantic. There may be riots,” said a bench of Chief Justice TS Thakur and Justice A R Dave.
(courtesy:BSNLEU Website)
It was a great occasion. The Telegraph Recreation Club Patna was overflowing with BSNL DOT Pensioners with many of them standing even outside at 1030AM on 19-11-2016. This was the formation meeting of AIBDPA in Bihar Circle. Com. S.N.Singh presided. Coms.B.P.Singh Circle Secretary BSNLEU, Sunita Choudhary, Org. Secretary BSNLEU, D.P.Shrivastava, N.K.Shrivastava and other leaders were present in the dias.
Com.N.K.Shrivastava welcomed the more than 200 pensioners and explained the need for formation of AIBDPA in Bihar Circle. Com.B.P.Singh spoke about the issues of pensioners. Com.V.A.N.Namboodiri Advisor AIBDPA inaugurated the Conference. He briefed
the house about the struggles organised by AIBDPA for settling the issues of pensioners. He spoke about the urgent need to form and strengthen AIBDPA. The doubts raised by the participants were cleared.
The AIBDPA Circle Branch was formed with office bearers unanimously elected with Com.B.P.Singh as Patron,
R.N.Singh as President, Com.N.K.Shrivastava as Circle Secretary and Com.V.K.Pandey as Treasurer.
The Conference also took decision to urgently form Union in all districts early.
Our Hearty Congratulations to the Bihar Comrades for the excellent meeting and the formation of AIBDPA!
The sustained and militant struggle by the Tamil Nadu Contract Workers Union ably supported by BSNLEU against the unjust retrenchment of 11 workers concluded today in a winning note. A powerful Dharna was organised before the CGMT’s office, Chennai on 18-11-2016 despite desperate attempts by the BSNL circle administration to ban the Dharna calling a large number of police. The dharna was addressed by Coms.S.Chellappa, AGS, BSNLEU, Babu Radhakrishnan, Circle Secretary, BSNLEU, Murugaiah, Secretary, TNCWU, C.K.Narasimhan, Circle Secretary, AIBDPA and a host of leaders. Finally, the circle administration had to agree to take back the 11 contract workers.
AIBDPA congratulates all the comrades for this great achievement by the sustained struggle.