On this 22nd March, KG Bose Bhawan, the new office building of the BSNL Employees Union was inaugurated by Com. A.K.Padmnabhan, President  CITU by unveiling the name-plate, cutting the ribbon and entering the building in the presence of distinguished guests like Com. Mohammed Amin, CITU Vice-President, Sudha Sunderaraman, General Secretary AIDWA and other senior leaders. In his inaugural speech he congratulated the union and its leaders for the great achievement. Com. P.Abhimanyu, General Secretary, BSNLEU,  welcomed all. Com.V.A.N.Namboodiri, president of the meeting, after welcoming all the participants, mentioned the decision of the Thiruvananthapuram All India Conference to purchase a building for the union, which has been fulfilled within a short period of two years.  It could be done with the full support of the union members and well-wishers who have liberally contributed to the building fund. Maximum efforts have been taken by most of the Circle/District Secretaries for collection of donations.  I would like to congratulate and thank Com. Mihir Dasgupta, former AGS, BSNLEU, who personally donated Rs. 50,000 to the building fund. In addition, his wife Com.Swastika also donated Rs. 10,000 on her own.  The building has been named as ‘K.G.Bose Bhawan’, in honour and memory of our beloved leader and guide Comrade K.G.Bose, who gave  correct direction and working class ideology to the P&T movement. A booklet on the life and activities of Com.KG written by Com.VAN Namboodiri was released in the function and supplied to all participants.

After the inauguration and greetings by leaders of the fraternal organisations, the meeting ended and lunch was offered to all. Many of the leaders and workers went through the building, appreciated and congratulated the Union.

Coms.M.Krishnan, SG, NFPE was present and addressed along with Coms. Sreedharan (P.III), Giriraj Singh( RMS), Des Raj Sharma, C.C.Pillai (former SG NFPE), Nagabhushanam, Ishwar Dabbas and others. Com.M.S.Raja(Secretary, Confederation) also addressed.  Com.K.G.Jayaraj, General Secretary, AIBDPA also addressed. Almost all the senior leaders of the BSNL Unions were present in the function. Coms/ Shri Chandeswar Singh (NFTE), K.Vallinayagam (FNTO), G.L.Jogi (SNEA),  Ravindranath (AIBSNLEA), Suresh Kumar (BSNLMS), V.Subburaman(TEPU), R.K.Kohli (NFTBE), B.R.Jhakkatia (SEWA BSNL), Andiappan (FNTBEA), S.P.Sharma (BSNLWRU), Hari Singh (BTU BSNL), A.A.Khan, Sebastian, ND Ram, S.S.Tomar and many other leaders and workers of other unions were present and all of them greeted and congratulated BSNLEU. Senior leader, Com. O.P.Gupta, despite his ailment and old age, also came and conveyed his best wishes. It was a poignant moment when Com.OPG put a shawl on V.A.N.Namboodiri, President of BSNL Employees Union. We are thankful to all these comrades for attending the function and giving us blessings. We also thank the CITU and AIDWA leaders and workers who attended the function. Greetings were received from Coms. Sisir Bhattacharjee, the veteran P&T leader, Ananta Kumar Bhattacharjee (Prsident AIBDPA), Mrs. Parul Bose (wife of Com.KG),Mrs. Jyotsna Bose (wife of Com.Moni Bose), Pabitra Chakroborty (NCCPA), Com.P.V.Chandrasekharan ( President AIBDPA Kerala) and others.

The Central Secretariat of BSNLEU has been fully occupied with the arrangements for the last few days. The staff of Dada Ghosh Bhawan, Coms. T.A.Biju, Pradeesh, Harish, M.L.Tiwari, Baiju, Negi – all have done their best to make the function a great success. But two names have to be mentioned specially, that of coms. G.B.Salakki and  T.A.Biju, who was fully engaged with the work, day and night. We thank al of them for making all the arrangements.

And thanks to Shri Surinder Singhji and his family, the former owner of the building, who came and addressed the function.