Most of the ministers are highly educated and highly cultured. But the question is, whether they are sympathetic to the demands of the working class? .

The All India BSNL Pensioners Welfare Association (AIBSNLPWA), in a circular issued in the name of one S.G.Panicker, had passed sarcastic remarks about the AUAB’s demand of wage revision with 0% fitment. Hence, BSNLEU, was compelled to give reply. 

Due to the pressure created by the mighty struggles organised by the AUAB, the former Minister of State for Communications, Shri Manoj Sinha, was compelled to meet the AUAB twice. Whether the AIBSNLPWA can say, that the Minister of Communications met them, because of the pressure created by their struggles? Absolutely not. It is purely a back-door entry. That is why, AIBSNLPWA was compelled to praise the Minister as a “cultured person”. Of course, most of the ministers are highly educated and are highly cultured. But the question is, whether they are sympathetic to the demands of the working class? Hence there is nothing wrong in our terming the act of the AIBSNLPWA as “chamchagiri”.

It was the mighty two day strike organised by the AUAB on 21^st & 22^nd April, 2015, that forced the then Secretary Telecom to come to the negotiating table. It is only because of that struggle, the DoT was forced to send a Cabinet Note, to remove the 60% ceiling imposed by the government, on it’s limit to pay pension to BSNL retirees. This was 100% an achievement of the AUAB. Does the AIBSNLPWA has any role in this settlement ? Let the AIBSNLPWA not poke it’s nose into issues which are beyond their competence and comprehension.