ANDHRA PRADESH.

Hyderabad : Dharna participated by hundreds of pensioners was organized at BSNL Bhawan, Hyderabad. Com. P. Asokababu  CHQ Vice President inaugurated the Dharna and explained the issue in detail. Com. Ramachandradu, Circle Secretary, Com. Balreddy, District President and Com. T. Seshaiah, District Secretary addressed.

Nalgonda : Protest Day was observed by holding Dharna at GMTD office and a good number of pensioners participated. Com. Sudarshan Reddy , District Secretary addressed the dharna.

Com.Ramachandradu, Circle Secretary has reported that Protest Day was also observed in Kurnool, Vijayawada, Nellore, Kavani, Nizamabad, Khammam, Mehaboobnagar and Warrangal.

NORTH EAST II

Mass Dharna , participated by more than hundred pensioners was held at GMTD office,Imphal. Com. I. Moni Singh presided. Com, Kulla Singh, Circle Secretary inaugurated and narrated the developments, particularly, in respect of 78.2% IDA merger. Saving gram also was sent.

ASSAM CIRCLE. : Dharnas/Demonsrations were conducted with large participation in all the SSAs. In Guwahati addressing the huge rally of the pensioners,Com.S.N.Sarma, Circle Secretary and Com. M.R.Das, AGS explained in detail, the circumstances under which the protest day is organized by AIBDPA.

MAHARASHTRA CIRCLE.

Jalgoan : Protest Day was organized by holding demonstration in front of BSNL office, JALGOAN. Com. R. N. Patil, District Secretary and Com. A.S.Chaudhary, District President addressed demonstrators. 

GUJARAT CIRCLE.

All the district branches in GUJARAT  have observed the Protest Day by holding demonstrations and sending saving grams. In Jamnagar a huge rally was held at D.K.V.circle and was addressed by Com M. B. CHANIYARA,Circle Secretary.

YES,IT IS THE VICTORY OF THOUSANDS OF BSNL DOT PENSIONERS WHO SAT IN DHARNAS WAGING THE HOT SUN ALL OVER THE COUNTRY ON 5TH JUNE AGAINST THE UNJUSTIFIED DELAY IN 78.2% IDA MERGER,AS PER THE CALL OF AIBDPA. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL !

SHRI.PRACHISH KHANNA, DIRECTOR (ESTABLISHMENT) HAS CONFIRMED TODAY,THE 6TH JUNE THAT  DOT ,FINANCE WHERE  THE FILE WAS PENDING FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS , HAS CLEARED IT.

CERTAIN TOP BRASS IN DOT HAS INSISTED FOR CABINET APPROVAL FOR EXTENDING THE 78.2% IDA MERGER TO BSNL PENSIONERS WHILE SOME OTHERS HAVE DIFFERED. WE HAD SPECIFICALLY TOLD TO ALL THE TOP OFFICERS IN DOT INCLUDING SECRETARY,JOINT SECRETARY, MEMBER (FINANCE) AND MEMBER (SERVICES) THAT NO CABINET APPROVAL IS REQUIRED AS THE SAME HAD OBTAINED FOR REVISION OF PENSION ON 68.8%.

NOW, THE FILE MAY GO TO THE EXPENDITURE DEPARTMENT WITH THE CLARIFICATIONS SOUGHT BY THEM.

Protest Day has been observed successfully with large participation of pensioners in all the 16 districts in West Bengal, viz,Coochbihar,Jalpaiguri, Gangtok, Siliguri, Raiganj, Malda, Suri, Berhampore, Krishnagar, Bardhman, Durgapur, Asansol, Purulia, Bankura, Kharagpur and Kolkata. In addition,the protest demonstrations were also held at Katwa,Rampurhat, Sainthia, Bolpur etc, Members of BSNLEU & CORTO also joined the programme actively.

In Kolkata,the Dharna in front of CTO was organised jointly by the Kolkata District Branch and Circle Association in which there was a huge participation of pensioners. Com. Animesh Mitra, Deputy General Secretary, BSNLEU, Com.P.K.Nandi, Circle Treasurer, Com. Dilip Das, Vice President and Com.Hirak Sengupta, District President addressed.

PROTEST GOONDAISM BY TRINAMOOL HOOLIGANS.

CHQ strongly protests the attempt of some Trinamool hooligans to physically attack the participants of Dharna in front of Telephone Exchange Bardhman who rushed to the Dharna carrying tricolour NFTE-BSNL flags and shouting to stop the program. However our comrades dealt the situation tactfully and managed to continue the Dharna.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.