Meeting between the AUAB and the Additional Secretary, DoT.

At the end of today’s rally and massive meeting at Jantar Mantar, the leaders of the AUAB were taken to the DoT, by the police personnel. A meeting took place between Shri Anshu Prakash, Additional Secretary, DoT and the AUAB. Ms. Sujata T. Ray, Director (HR), and Shri A.M. Gupta, GM(SR), BSNL, were also present. Com.P.Abhimanyu, GS, BSNLEU & Convenor, AUAB, Com.Chandeshwar Singh, GS, NFTE & Chairman, AUAB, Com.K. Sebastin, GS, SNEA, Com.Prahlad Rai, GS, AIBSNLEA and Com.Suresh Kumar, GS, BSNL MS, participated in this meeting. The AUAB demanded that the DoT should hold discussion with the AUAB on the charter of demands already submitted to the Secretary, Telecom. The AUAB also insisted that the meeting of the Committee (Institutional Mechanism), formed for periodic interaction between the AUAB and the DoT, should be convened. The Additional Secretary, told that this would be looked into. Further, the AUAB questioned how break-in-service under FR 17A could be imposed on the BSNL employees for going on strike, eventhough FR 17A is not part of the BSNL CDA Rules. To this, the Additional Secretary, DoT, directed the Director (HR), BSNL, to look into the matter.