The first day of the Two Days Strike has been Magnificent. Despite provocations from some quarters, the strike at all places has been more than 90% at least. A perusal of the report received by the Forum Convener and General Secretaries give the determination of the workers at the Circle and field levels to make the strike a complete success. this is also a warning to the BSNL Management and the Government that  workers will not tolerate inaction on the part of the authorities.

Some of the reports received  are given below:

Strike is organized 100% successfully in Assam Circle – CS, Assam + 100% strike in Andaman. Except CGM and GM all are out of office. Demonstration against the government wrong policy was highlighted  +  As per circle office official report strike is 93% in Madhya Pradesh Circle + Strike is 100% in Indore District – DS, Indore+ 98% in Narsinghpur District+  95% strike success in Gujarat + 100% strike in Junagadh SSA + In Jamnagar SSA, out of total 592 (including Executive and Non-Executive) employees 566 employees are on strike + Strike in Tamil Nadu is very jubilant and near total. Except few GM(O)s all other offices, telephone exchanges, CSCs & CCs completely closed + In UP (East) Circle total offices CSCs, exchanges are closed. 100% success with full enthusiasm + In Lucknow SSA, strike is 100 % + Over all strike in Punjab Circle is 95% + There is almost 100% strike in Patiala SSA + Strike is 100% successful in Telecom Stores circle + Strike is 100% in UP(West) Circle+ Successful strike on 1st day with massive participation of executives & non-executives outside office at Kolkata+ Strike is 100% success in NE-I + Almost 100% strike in J&K + There is complete strike in Jharkhand + 100% strike in Rajasthan Circle + Strike 100 percent at Jaipur SSA, all offices and exchange are locked + 100% strike in Haryana circle + 100% successful strike observes in Inspection Circle, Jabalpur + In Odisha except CGM & GMHR all employees and officer are on strike. 100% success + strike on first day is totally success in khammam district + The 1st day strike in Krishna district was successfully organised +Total  Karnataka circle strike is 96.62 percent+ Chandigarh 100% strike + Indore 100% + 93% in MP as per BSNL report + Mandya and Karwar literally 100% + Strike success in Kutch Bhuj + Kerala Circle all offices exchanges complete strike.Only CGM, PGM, GM attended + W.Bengal, as usual is complete strike+  NTR and Corporate Office have tremendously improved in the strike situation + More reports are coming.

It can be seen that in almost all places, the strike per cent is more than 90% and in some places 100% itself. This shows that the workers are ready for a serious struggle to save BSNL and make it strong.

On behalf of the Forum, Revolutionary Greetings to all comrades for the successful strike!