It is reported in the website of FNTO that Shri K.Vallinayagam, General Secretary, FNTO has resigned from the General Secretary post on health grounds and Shri Jayaprakash has been elevated to the post in the CWC meeting held at Hyderabad. I contacted Shri Vallinayagam, who confirmed that he has resigned due to ill-health.

We had a very co-ordinated functioning all these years, especially when he was part of the United Forum. Even otherwise we had a long connection in the union, when we both opposed the Gupta line in the 1960s etc.

Shri Jayaprakash is the new GS, who was Asst. GS earlier. I hope that he will also be part of the joint struggles for the betterment of the workers as well as BSNL