General Secretary addresses the open session of the 5th All India Conference of AIGETOA.

The 5th All India Conference of AIGETOA is taking place at New Delhi. The open session of this Conference was held in the Mavlankar Hall today. Com.Lakshman Banoth, President, AIGETOA, presided over. Com.Ravi Shil Verma, GS, AIGETOA, delivered the key note address. Com.P.Abhimanyu,GS, BSNLEU, Com.Chandeswar Singh, GS, NFTE, Com.K.Sebastin,GS, SNEA, Com.R.C Pandey, GS, BTEU, Com.Deepak Sharma, Dy.GS, SNATTA and Com.Anil Tiwari, GS,TOA addressed the Conference. Com.P.Abhimanyu,GS, explained about the reasons for BSNL's  downfall and demanded that the government should provide the Company with soft loan, to overcome the ongoing financial stress. He also explained to the delegates, about the real motive behind the government's move to implement VRS and reduction of retirement age from 60 to 58. The GS warned the young workers that, days will not be far away for the government to implement CRS for the young employees, if retrenchment is not fought against. He called upon AIGETOA to come forward to unitedly fight against retrenchment in BSNL, in the name of VRS and reduction of retirement age. The open session was also addressed by Shri B.L.Varshney, Director (EB), Shri Muneendranath, CGM, BBNW and Shri A.M.Gupta, GM(SR).