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Protest Day- U P (WEST)

Com.Abdul Rasheed,Circle Secretary reports,apart from Muzaffarnagar, Dharnas/Demonstrations were conducted at Badaun, Bariely,Saharanpur and Aligargh.

Circle Secretary, Com. Abdul Rasheed addressed the dharna in front of the GMT office ,Aligarh in which 54 comrades participated.

All the district branches have also sent the saving gram to the Hon”ble Minister for Communications and Secretary,DOT.

MORE REPORTS OF PROTEST DAY PROGRAM.

KOLKATA CIRCLE ORGANISED A HUGE DHARNA IN FRONT OF THE TELEPHONE BHAWAN,KOLKATA PARTICIPATED BY HUNDREDS OF PENSIONERS OUT OF WHICH A GOOD NUMBER WERE WOMEN COMRADES. THE DHRNA WAS ADDRESSED BY COM.A.K.BHATTACHARJEE,PRESIDENT,COM.SUPRIYA MITRA,VICE PRESIDENT & CIRCLE SECRETARY, COM.D.BASU, AGS AND COM.PABITRA CHAKRABORTY,DY SECRETARY GENERAL,NCCPA.

Tamil Nadu Circle: Massive participation is reported in the Dharnas/Demonstrations held at Erode, Nilagiris, Coimbatore, , Viruthunagar, Tuticorin, Thiruchirapally, Pondicherry, , Nagercoi, Vellore and Karaikudi .

In Chennai, both Chennai telecom and telephones districts jointly conducted the Dharan at CGM office. Com.C.K.Narasimhan, Circle Secretary, Com. K. Arumugam, CHQ Org Secretary and Com. Murugaiya, Asst Circle Secretary, BSNLEU addressed the Dharna.

MADHYA PRADESH: Dharnas/demonstrations have been held at Jabalpur, Indore, Gwalior, Narsinghpur, Mandsore, Guna, Ratlam and Sagar In Bhopal the big Dharna organized at CGMT Office was addressed by Com. H. S. Thakur, Circle Secretary, BSNLEU & AIBDPA and Com. S. V. Shrivastava, CHQ Vice President among others.

GUJARAT :Protest day was observed by all the district branches in Gujarat Circle by holding demonstrations and sending saving grams to the Minister and DOT Secretary. In Jamnagar a huge rally was held at D.K.V.Circle which was addressed by Com. M.B. Chaniyara, Circle Secretary.

 

COM.V.PUTHIAVAN KILLED IN A ROAD ACCIDENT.

WITH PROFOUND GRIEF CHQ REPORTS THE SAD AND TRAGIC DEMISE OF COM.V.PUTHIAVAN,DISTRICT PRESIDENT,AIBDPA,COIMBATORE ON TODAY,THE 5TH JUNE,2014. COM.PUTHIAVAN IS REPORTED TO BE KILLED IN A ROAD ACCIDENT WHILE RETURNING FROM TIRUNELVELI TO COIBATORE DRIVING HIS OWN CAR. ACCIDENT HAS OCCURED WHEN THE TYRE OF THE CAR BURSTED AND CAR LOST CONTROL AND HIT A TREE.

COM.V.PUTHIAVAN WAS A STRONG LEADER AND GOOD ORGANISER AND HIS IMMENSE CONTRIBUTION TO BUILD OUR ORGANISATION IS NOTEWORTHY. COM.V.PUTHIAVAN RETIRED JUST FEW MONTHS BACK AS AN SDE AND IMMEDIATELY TOOK UP THE RESPONSIBILITY OF DISTRICT PRESIDENT OF AIBDPA. HE WAS ENTHUSIASTICALLY WORKING FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE ENSUING CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING AT COIMBATORE FOR WHICH HE WAS ELECTED AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE RECEPTION COMMITTEE.

CHQ CONVEYS HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO THE BEREAVED FAMILY AND ALL OUR COMRADES IN TAMILNADU,PARTICULARLY COIMBATORE.

PROTEST DAY- DHARNA/RALLY HELD IN 21 CENTRES IN KERALA.

A BRIEF REPORT OF DHARNA/RALLY CONDUCTED AS PART OF PROTEST DAY ON 05-06-2014 IN KERALA CIRCLE IS GIVEN BELOW-

Thiruvananthapuram: Com.P.V.Chandrasekharan inaugurated before the CGMT office and R.Muraleedharan Nair,K.Mohanan and J.Padmanabha Pillai addressed.

Kollam:Com.C.Muraleedharan Pillai inaugurated. Com.K.N.Jyothilakshmi ,M.D.Rajan,L.Krishnakumari and N.Sasidharan Nair addressed.

Alappuzha: Coms.N.Guruprasad,K.P.Kesavan Nair and P.R.Shajimon addressed the rally.

Pathanamthitta: Coms.Babykutty,Vijayam S Pillai and Pappy addressed.

Kottayam: Advt.Anilkumar inaugurated Coms.M.K.Lalaji,V.Karthikeyan,V.K.Sankaran,P.K.Pankajakshan, V.C.Lukose and P.R.Mohanan addressed.

Ernakulam: In addition to Ernakulam the program was conducted in Muvattupuzha also.At Ernakulam,Com.P.A.Kumaran inaugurated and Coms.N.M.A.Karim and Gopinathan addressed.And in Muvattupuzha,Com.K.N.Mohanan inaugurated and Com.M.N.Radhakrishnan addressed.

Thrissur: Com.P.K.Subramonian inaugurated.Coms.M.R.C, S.K.Gopalan,P.M.Gopalakrishnan and C.P.Jose addressed.

Palakkad: Com.V.Kesavan inaugurated and Coms.P.R.Parameswaran,P.S.Raveendranath,K.Vasudevan and N.Sethumadhavan  addressed.In Shornur also the rally was held which was inaugurated by Com.E.P.Unnikannan and addressed by P.K.Ramachandran and C.Raveendranath.

Malappuram: Coms.P.T.Kunhippayi and  M.N.Madhavan addressed.

Kozhikode: Com.K.Krishnan inaugurated and Coms.K.Damodaran,M.Vijayakumar and Balan Punnasseri addressed

.Kannur:Com.K.R.R.Varma inaugurated and Coms.P.Manoharan and T.V.Janardhanan addressed.
Rallies were held at Kasaragod,Kanhangad,Nileswar,Payyannur,Taliparamba, Cheruvathur,Tellicherry and Mattannur also by respective area committees.

UNPRECEDENTED PARTICIPATION IN PROTEST DAY PROGRAM.

THE RESENTMENT,ANGUISH AND ANGER OF BSNL PENSIONERS ON THE BUREAUCRACY”S INDIFFERENCE IN EXTENDING THE BENEFIT OF 78.2% IDA MERGER TO THE PRE AND POST 2007 BSNL PENSIONERS CAME TO THE FORE IN THE PROTEST DAY ACTION CONDUCTED THROUGH OUT THE COUNTRY ON TODAY,THE 5TH JUNE,2014.

AS REPORTS JUST POURING IN, IT IS LARGE PARTICIPATION OF PENSIONERS IN THE DHARNA/RALLY/DEMONSTRATION EVERY WHERE IN THE COUNTRY,FULLY VINDICATING THE DECISION OF CHQ TO CONDUCT THE PROTEST PROGRAM.

U.P. (WEST) CIRCLE.

MUZAFFARNAGAR DISTRICT: COM.UTHAM SHARMA CIRCLE PRESIDENT REPORTS THAT 60 PENSIONERS PARTICIPATED IN THE DHARNA CONDUCTED IN FRONT OG GMT OFFICE,WAGING THE UNBEARABLE HOT CLAIMATE. IN ADDITION TO COM. SHARMA,COM.N.P.NIGAM,DISTRICT SECRETARY ALSO ADDRESSED THE DHARNA.

AIBDPA GEARS UP FOR THE PROTEST DAY ON 5TH JUNE.

Preparations are in full swing through out the country to make the PROTEST DAY on tomorrow,the 5th June,2014 a grand success. CHQ was compelled to give the call to hold Dharna/Rally/Demonstration by all units and sending saving gram to the hon’ble Communications Minister and DOT Secretary against unjustified and unwarranted delay tactics by certain buerocrats  in extending the benefits of 78.2% IDA merger to the BSNL pensioners. The anger and resentment of the pensioners are certain to reflect in their large participation in the protest action.

All the units are requested to send detailed report of the programme to CHQ early. 

KERALA CIRCLE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING.

The Kerala Circle Executive Committee Meeting was held at K.G.Bose Bhawan, Ernakulam on 3rd June, 2014. Com.P.V.Chandrasekharan, Circle President presided. Com.N.Ramesan, Circle Secretary welcomed and presented a brief report.

Com.P.V.Chandrasekharan in his presidential address explained in detail the developments in the intervening period with particular emphasis on the memorandum to be submitted to the 7th Central Pay Commission and the present position on 78.2% IDA merger. All the CEC members actively participated in the discussion.

The meeting decided to implement the decision of CHQ to conduct Protest Day on 5th June,2014,against the unjutified delay on 78.2% IDA merger,successfully.

The meeting also decided to complete the biennial District Conferences by September and hold the Circle Conference in the first week of October,2014 at Thiruvananthapuram.

BIJAPUR DISTRICT CONFERENCE.

The biennial District Conference of Bijapur was successfully held at Gurudatt Mangal Karyalaya, Bijapur on 23-05-2014.The conference was formally inaugurated by Shri. V.K.Mahuli, DGM and addressed by Com.K.G.Deshpande, Circle Secretary, Com.G.B.Salakki, CHQ Treasurer etc.

Office bearers were elected unanimously with the following important functionaries.

President: Com.C.S.Sajjan,  DGM (Rtd)  District Secretary:Com. M.M.BHAVIKATTI,AGM(RTD) Treasurer: Com.S.M. Guled, SSS(Rtd)

 

CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE–RECEPTION COMMITTEE FORMED AT COIMBATORE

Reception Committee for the successful conduct of the Central Executive Committee to be held on 29th & 30th July,2014 at Coimbatore has been formed. The large meeting held for this purpose on 29-05-2014 was inaugurated by Com. S. Mohandoss, CHQ Vice President and Circle President.Com.V. Puthiavan, District President presided.The proposal to conduct the CEC at Coimbatore was presented by Com.C.K.Narasimhan, Circle Secretary for the approval of the meeting and was endorsed with much enthusiasm.

The meeting formed the Reception Committee with all the Coimbatore District Committee members of AIBDPA,BSNLEU,Contract Labour Union and representatives of fraternal organisations. The following are the important functionaries.

President- Com.V.Puthiavan.   Secretary-Com. L. Umapathy.     Treasurer- Com.Bharathy.

Necessary guidance will be given by Com.S.Mohandoss and Com. C.K.Narasimhan.