Tuesday, November 16, 2010

BSNL Employees Union March to Parliament is a grand success


The March to Parliament programme, called on by the JAC, was a grand success. The rally started from BSNL Corporate Office at 1130 hrs.Thousands of workers participated in the rally with banners and flags. The zeal and enthusiasm shown by the participants ii a warning to the government.. They raised slogans against the ant-BSNL policies being adopted by the government. Slogans against disinvestment/privatization, unbundling and VRS were raised. Unhindered equipment supply to BSNL and immediate settlement to the issue off ITS absorption were also demanded by the rallyists. The rally went through Janpath,, Tolstoy Marg and Parliament street.

It was stopped at the Parliament street police station, where a huge meeting was conducted. Com. Basudev Acharya, M..P. and a leader of the CPI(M) group in the Lok Sabha, inaugurated the meeting. Others who addressed the meeting were Com.VAN Namboodiri, Convenor JAC, Com. P. Abhimanyu, General Secretary, BSNLEU,Com. Prahlad Rai,GS (AIBSNLEA), Com. A.A. Khan, AGS (SNEA), Com. K. Valliiayagam, GS (FNTO),Com. V. Subburaman, GS(TEPU), Com.S.P.Sharma (WRU), Com. Hari Singh (BTU), Com. R.S. Yadav (ATM), Com. K.G.Jayaraj, SG, AIBDPA, Com. N.D. Ram (SEWA BSNL), Com. Tapas Kumar Ghosh, SG,BSNL C& CWF and Com. G.L. Jogi GS (SNEA). NFTE BSNL has taken a decision not to participate in the rally. However, it’s General Secretary Com. C. Singh came and addressed the meeting.

BSNLEU has made a huge mobilization for this rally. Many comrades have come with their families. CHQ expresses it’s hearty thanks and congratulations to all the Circle and District Secretaries of BSNLEU for making the rally a grand success. The BSNLEU Circle Unions which are nearer to Delhi, like UP (West), Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan,, Himachal Pradesh, UP (East) and Uttaranchal have made a massive mobilization for the rally. Even far away Circles have made very good mobilization. Tamil Nadu brought 350 comrades, Chennai Circle brought 120 comrades, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh brought 100 comrades each. CHQ warmly congratulates the participants.

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