As per the call of the All India BSNL DOT Pensioners Association, pensioners along with BSNL employees held protest demonstrations in many centres all over India protesting the decision of the government allowing 49% FDI in Pension and Insurance sectors. The government’s decision is an attack on the hard-earned pension funds of the workers. If the pension  corpus is left to the vagaries of the market and in to the hands of MNCs, there is every chance that the pension funds may be wiped out as happened in US and Euro countries putting the pensioners helpless.

Struggle by the pensioners will continue till the anti-worker, anti-pensioner decision is withdrawn.