Though Mandya is a small SSA compared to Mysuru and Bengaluru, there were a large number of workers present in the meeting of the Forum held there in the evening of 12th January. The club hall was packed to the full with many members standing outside the hall.
The meeting was presided over by the Forum President Com. Ravi Gouda, DS AIBSNLEA.  Com.M.C.Balakrishna, AGS, BSNLEU  welcomed all. Coms. Puttaswamy, DS BSNLEU, Rangouda, President, NFTE, B.Krishna, DS SNEA, Chicke Gowda, President FNTO, B.Chinnaswamy, DS AIBDPA, Rengaswamy, DS NFPE were present on the dais.
Com.VAN Namboodiri, All India Convener Forum spoke in brief about the decisions of the Forum on the SAVE BSNL Campaign and called upon the workers to  make all the programmes including the Parliament March and the Indefinite Strike with effect from 17th March a big success. He also asked the workers to give a better service to the customers.