The All India Conference of NCCPA, the united organisation of the Central Pensioners (including BSNL Retirees),
held at Kolkata on 6-7 November 2015 is a mile stone in the advance March of the senior citizens of the country.
Whether in the number of participants, the standard of discussions or the decisions taken, the AIC can be proud of. The pensioners marching through the congested and busy streets of Kolkata with the red flag of the union and shouting slogans loudly was inspiring. There was no weakness but only strength and determination in their steps.
The inaugural speech of Com. Ashim Das Gupta, former Finance Minister, W.Bengal and noted economist, lambasted the neo-liberal and anti-worker economic policies of the central government. The need to unitedly fight against it was pointed out.
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