A meeting of the employees, pensioners and casual contract workers of BSNL W.Bengal Circle was held at Kolkata CTO hall at 04.00 PM on 6 November 2015. Com.Sapan Kr. Chandra, Circle President, BSNLEU, presided. Com.Animesh Mitra, Circle Secretary welcomed and stated that as usual October Revolution Day is being observed. Com. V.A.N.Namboodiri, Patron BSNLEU spoke in detail about the background of the Revolution, the great change it has brought in the balance of forces in the world and connected matters. He also spoke about the present situation in the country.
Coms. Dipak Mitra, Kalyan Kumar Rahu and Tapas Ghosh were also in the dais.,

The All India Conference of NCCPA started at ‘S.K.Vyas Nagar’ at Kolkata on 6 November 2015.
A massive procession of pensioners was organised in the morning. The National Flag was hoisted by Com. Sisir Bhattacharjee, veteran P and T leader and Chairman Reception Committee and NCCPA Flag by Com.R.L.Bhattacharjee.
The Inaugural session was presided by R.L.Bhattacharjee President. It was inaugurated by Com. Ashim Das Gupta, former W.Bengal Finance Minister, who congratulated the central pensioners for forming the organisation. He severely criticised the neo- liberal policy of the govt. which has only benefitted the rich and corporates.
Com.K.K.N.Kutty (Confederation), V.A.N.Namboodiri(TUI (P and R), S.S.Rai( Reception Committee) and other leaders also addressed.
The delegate session will start in the afternoon.

A largely attended meeting of AIBDPA Calcutta Telephones was held at union office premises on 5 November 2015. Com.Supriyo Mitra, Circle President, presided. Coms. Ananta Bhattacharjee, All India President, D.Basu, AGS, Swastika Dasgupta, Org.Secretary, Sanjiv Banerjee, Circle Secretary, AIBDPA and other leaders  were present. Com.VAN Namboodiri, Advisor,   AIBDPA addressed the meeting and explained the various demands of the BSNL Pensioners. He also mentioned about the meeting with VII CPC, 78.2% IDA Merger etc.

Senior Central Ministers Arun Jaitely and Rajnath Singh says there is no intolerance. But the way their statements are issued and the contents themselves expose the intolerance.

I was reading a life history of veteran P and trade union leader Com.K.Adinarayana. It is almost unbelievable. His life from childhood poverty, struggle to make a living for family, jail for struggle against Nizam, growth of TU leader against all adversities, leading militant struggles – there are much more. Red Salute to Com.Adi!

The All India Conference of National Co-ordinating Committee of Pensioners’ Association (NCCPA) will be held at  Kolkata on 6-7 November 2015. NCCPA is the organisation dealing with the problems of the Central Govt. Pensioners. Many Pensioner’s Associations including AIBDPA, is affiliated to NCCPA.
The AIC will discuss various issues of Pensioners, including the VII CPC.

This will be the first AIC after the sad demise of veteran leader Com.S.K.Vyas.

It is understood that the Railways are proposing to stop the canteens/catering/pantry in long distant trains, in the name of introducing e-catering. This will mean taking away an existing benefit to the passengers.
Strong opposition should come against this anti-passenger proposal.