BSNL should get market price and not throw away price in land monetisation - every employee, union, association has to be vigilant.

BSNLEU wishes to make it very clear that 'Land Monetisation' was not a demand of the BSNLEU / AUAB at all. The AUAB only demanded that the DoT should give approval for BSNL’s “Land Management Policy”, which is for leasing out and renting out BSNL’s vacant lands and buildings. However, in it’s Revival Package, announced on 23.10.2019, the government decided to monetise BSNL’s assets.

 In this matter, every employee of BSNL as well as unions and associations have to be very cautious. It is because, every effort will be made by the government to grab BSNL’s lands at a throw away price and to hand it over to the corporates. We must not forget that, after coming to power in 2014, the BJP government passed 3 ordinances to grab lands of the poor peasants  and to hand over them to corporates. However, only through  nationwide militant struggles of the Kisans and democratic forces, the attempts of the Modi government were defeated. Hence, similar land grabbing attempts may be made in BSNL also. 

Hence, we  have to ensure that the transactions are transparent. Each and every employee, union, association has to remain vigilant to ensure that BSNL gets market price, and not a throw away price, in the land monetisation. The All India Centre of BSNLEU, which met yesterday, called upon every employee, union, association to remain vigilant to ensure this.