A massively attended meeting of the BSNL employees was held at CGM Office premises Hyderabad, at lunch hours on 23rd June 2015 under the auspices of the Forum of BSNL Unions of Non-Executives and Executives. Leaders of the Circle Forum Comrades J.Sampath Rao(BSNLEU), A.Viswanatham(SNEA), Srinivasa Reddy(AIBSNLEA), Veerabhadra Rao(AIGETOA), Sampath Kumar(SNATTA), Premnath(BTEU), Laxman, Taranath (BSNLEU), Mohan Reddy(BSNLEU) and other leaders were in the dais. About 300 comrades, a large number of them ladies, participated.
Com.VAN Namboodiri, founder Convener of Forum and Patron BSNLEU addressed the meeting and explained the struggles organised during the last more than one decade in defence of BSNL under the leadership of Forum. He thanked the workers for their excellent participation in the strike on 21-22 April called by the Forum. The developments after the strike, including meeting with Secretary DOT and Communications Minister was reported. The doubts raised by some comrades were replied. The workers assured their participation in the 2nd September Strike called by the Central Trade Unions.