23rd AIC OF AIPEU POSTMEN & GROUP 'D' IN KOLKATA

23rd AIC OF NFPE P4 UNION SUCCESSFULLY HELD IN KOLKATA

 

The 23rd All India Conference of All India Postal Employees Union - Postmen & Group 'D' was held in a grand manner in the city of Kolkata from 16th August to 19th August 2009 under the chairmanship of CHQ President Comrade Milan Bhattacharyya. The Reception Committee headed by Comrade Biswajiban Mazumdar as Chairman and Comrade Nirmal De Circle Secretary as the General Secretary had made  excellent arrangements that attracted praise by all.

 

The Conference commenced with the flag hoisting. Comrade K.K.N.Kutty Secretary General Confederation hoisted the National Flag. Comrade K.Ragavendran Secretary General NFPE hoisted the NFPE Flag. Comrade Milan Bhattacharyya CHQ President P4 Union hoisted the Union Flag. Powerful slogans rented the air. After the flag hoisting all leaders and delegates respected the Martyrs Column with floral tributes and then reached the Purbashree Auditorium which was named as Subhash Chakroborti Nagar in memory of the departed Honourable Minister of Sports, Youth and Cultural Affairs of West Bengal in a big procession where the Conference Inaugural Session commenced. The AIC Dais was named after departed leader Comrade Chandra Gupta Manch.

 

Comrade K.K.N.Kutty Secretary General Confederation of CG Employees and Workers inaugurated the AIC and the Chief Guest Comrade Basudev Acharya Honourable Member of Parliament delivered his special address. Honourable Mayor of Kolkata Comrade Bikas Ranjan Bhattaharya delivered his special address in the AIC. Confederation Working President Comrade C.C.Pillai also addressed the inaugural session.

 

Comrade K.Ragavendran Secretary General NFPE; Comrades K.V.Sridharan General Secretary P3; Giriraj Singh General Secretary R3; P.Suresh General Secretary R4; S.P.Mukherjee General Secretary Admn; P.Rajanayagam General Secretary Postal Accounts; Comrade Pijush Roy General Secretary Confederation C-O-C and many other leaders addressed the AIC. Comrade Ishwar Singh Dabas General Secretary P4 presented an elaborate biennial report before the AIC.

 

Veteran leaders including Comrades Moni Bose [Former General Secretary NFTE E3; R.L.Bhattacharyya [Former Deputy SG NFPE]; S.S.Roy [former AGS P3]; Ashok Bhattacharjee [Former GS P4]; Shibram Chakraborti [former CHQ President]; Des Raj Sharma Former General Secretary P4; K.Sivaraman [Former AGS CHQ] graced the AIC.

 

A Book titled 'Calcutta Postal Club' was released in the AIC by the Honourable Mayor of Kolkata and the first copy was accepted by Confederation Secretary General Comrade KKN Kutty.

 

The AIC was attended by more than 2000 Delegates and Visitors. The Conference deliberated in depth all the problems faced by the Postal and CG Employees in general and the Postmen and Group D in particular. Debate and discussions from the Delegates shaped the adoption of resolutions on problems and on Policy and Programme that decided to carry on the struggle under the united banner of NFPE if the intended struggle decision of the Federal Executive of NFPE does not result in proper settlement of issues.

 

The AIC unanimously elected a list of office bearers headed by Comrade Sk.Humayun [Andhra] as CHQ President; Comrade Ishwar Singh Dabas [Delhi] as General Secretary; and Comrade Mahabir Singh [Delhi] as CHQ Treasurer.

 

NFPE CONGRATULATES ALL NEWLY ELECTED OFFICE BEARERS.

 

 

 

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K.Ragavendran
Secretary General NFPE