Enthusiastic and houseful Convention of BSNL Casual & Contract Workers held in Delhi on 7th March 2026 – Future programme announced to intensify the struggle.

An enthusiastic and houseful convention of BSNL casual and contract workers was held on 07.03.2026 at HKS Bhawan, New Delhi, organised by the BSNL Casual and Contract Workers Federation (BSNLCCWF). The convention began with flag hoisting and was presided over by Com. P. Abhimanyu, President, BSNLCCWF. Com. K. Hemalata, Vice President, CITU, inaugurated the convention and highlighted the adverse impact of the government’s policies and the Four Labour Codes on public sector undertakings and contract workers. Com. Tapan Sen, Vice President, CITU, also addressed the gathering and called for strengthening the countrywide struggle to defend the rights and livelihood of contract and casual labourers. Presenting the draft report, Com. Animesh Mitra, Secretary General, BSNLCCWF, reviewed the continuous struggles of the federation since its formation in 2008 and stressed the need to intensify the movement to safeguard the jobs and rights of contract and casual labourers in BSNL. Com. M. Vijayakumar, President, BSNLEU, assured full support from BSNLEU to the struggles of casual and contract workers. The discussion of the delegates was initiated by Com. Tapas Kumar Ghosh, AGS and Com. Idris, AGS, and was actively supported by delegates from various circles. More than 300 delegates from 21 circles participated in the convention. The discussions highlighted key demands such as no retrenchment of contract workers, implementation of 7th CPC wages for casual labourers, re-engagement of retrenched workers, utilisation in the rollout of 4G and 5G services, regularisation of casual labourers, repeal of the Four Labour Codes and the call to Save BSNL and Save PSUs. Concluding the convention, Com. Animesh Mitra announced programmes to build a countrywide struggle to achieve the genuine demands of BSNL’s contract and casual labourers.