30th April 2024 is the 6th death anniversary of Comrade Sisir Bhattacharjee , respected senior leader of the P and T workers.

Com. Sisirda, as he was respectfully called by the workers, started his job in the P & T Work Shop ( later termed as Telecom Factory) and was the unquestioned leader of the Industrial and Non- Industrial workers for decades. He was the leader along with Com.K.G.Bose, who through great struggles achieved Festival Advance for the CG employees. Com. Sisirda  was the first Patron of BSNL Employees Union elected in its foundation Conference at Visakhapatnam in March 2001. 

I knew him since the 1960s, when I started attending the All India Conferences of the All India Telecom Engineering Employees Union Class III , where he will also be present. At that time he was the General Secretary of the P & T Industrial Workers Union, consisting of the thousands of industrial workers employed in the 7 Telephone Factories situated in various parts of India  and the Telecom Stores , Calcutta. It was through many struggles organised under his leadership that the Industrial workers achieved many achievements. The AIC of Industrial Workers Unions used to be  held along with that of E.III Union. The TF workers considered him as their saviour.

I used to meet him every time I went to Kolkata along with some of the leaders there viz. Mihir Dasgupta, Animesh Mitra, AdhirKumar Sen, Saibal Sen Gupta, Om Prakash , Biplab Das and others and sought advice. 

His death is a serious loss to the P and T and central govt. employees movement. His memory will always be a great inspiration to the working class !

Red Salute to Co. Sisir Bhattacharjee !