AIBDPA WEST BENGAL CIRCLE MARCHING AHEAD

At the call of BSNL Co-ordination Committee, AIBDPA, West Bengal Circle organized a massive demonstration at the CGMT Office, No.1 Council House Street, Kolkata-1. Similar Dharna Programme was organized at Q.A Office and other District H.Q.s. Hundreds of BSNL Pensioners were present in the Dharna Programme at CGMT Office.

Dharna Programme Started at 1415 hours with slogans. Comrade H.R.Sengupta, President of AIBDPA Kolkata District presided over the meeting. Comrade Ajit Nandan, AIBDPA, Com. Biplab Das, Asstt. Circle Secy. BSNLEU W.B. Circle, Com. P.K.Bose, Asstt. Circle Secy. AIBDPA, Com. Animesh Mitra, Secretary, BSNL Co-0rdination Committee and Com. Susanto Ghosh, Circle Secretary, AIBDPA W.B. Circle deliberated their speeches. The demand raised in the meeting to scrap PFRDA bill , immediate payment of Pension revision of both Pre-2007 and Post-2007 , to save the BSNL etc.

A delegation of AIBDPA ( Com. Susanto Ghosh, Circle Secretary Com. Dipak Mitra, President and Com. Gobinda Das, Org. Secy. Of AIBDPA W.B. Circle) met with the CGMT, W.B. Circle to discuss the demands. Officers from, DOT Cell were also present in the discussion.

After threadbare discussion , CGMT W.B. Circle assured to solve the problems regarding Pension revision and intimate the present position as on 01-08-2011 of W.B. Circle which is given below:-

Pre-2007 Post-2007

Total Cases- 1975 Total cases – 700

DOT Cell received – 1667 Work done -365

Work done in July’11- 205 Pending – 335.

CGMT W.B. Circle assured that 600 cases will be completed by August’11 and rest will be completed by Sept.’11 in case of Pre-2007 and the pending 335 cases of Post-2007 will be completed by August’2011. Leaders of AIBDPA have placed their demand that the payment of arrear of Pension revision should be made within September’2011.

Dharna at DGM Q.A. Office :- A large no. of BSNL pensioners sat on Dharna Programme at the chamber of DGM Q.A. , Kolkata. Com. Pijush Chakraborty, Asstt. Circle Secy. AIBDPA W.B. Circle, Com. P.K. Nandy, Secretary , Kolkata District of AIBDPA, Com. Amitava Chatterjee, Com. Asis Das both the Circle leaders of BSNLEU deliberated their speeches.