NATIONAL CO-ORDINATION COMMITTEE
OF PENSIONERS ASSOCIATIONS.
Website: nccpahq.blogspot.in.
E mail: nccpahq@gmail.com.
13.c Feroze Shah Road,
New Delhi. 110
001
30.10.2017
President: Com. Shiv Gopal Misra.
Secretary General: Com. K.KN. Kutty.
Dear Comrade,
As
per the decision taken by the NCCPA National Executive which met at Nagpur, a
massive dharna programme was organized
at Meghdhoot Bhawan, Puza road, New Delhi on 25th October, 2017.
A meeting of the National Secretariat will be held
soon (the date will be communicated on 10th November, 2017) to review the
implementation of the programme and to
chalk out further course of action in pursuance of the ten point charter of
demands. We had planned to elicit the
participation of about 1000 comrades in the dharna programme on 25th. We have reached near about that figure,
thanks to the strenuous efforts of some of the affiliates and the State
Units. From the register of
participants, in which many had not assigned their signature and other details
due to some logistical difficulties gives a fair picture of the efforts of the
various affiliated organizations It would not certainly be an exaggeration that
the dharna was massive and there had been all-round enthusiasm from the members
in the programme. It is to the credit of
NCCPA that it took the initiative in organizing a programme exclusively for the
pensioners’ demands in the post 7th CPC period.
We take this opportunity to congratulate everyone who took the pains to
come over to Delhi and participate in the programme and place our sincere
gratitude to all affiliates and State Units for making all out efforts to
ensure the success of the programme. As
per the reports, we have received, financial constrains has come in the way of
mobilizing large number of comrades to participate and there had been last
minute cancellation due to health problems by some of the Units.
We
could commence the dharna only at 11.30 AM due to various transport related problems,
though large number of our comrades had assembled at the venue from 9.30 AM
onwards. The organizing committee at
Delhi had to face innumerable problems on the eve of the programme. The Delhi Police refused permission at Janta
Mantar citing the NGT decision. We decided not to confront the Government and
the Police authorities as we were eager to ensure hassle free event. We had, with the help of the NFPE leaders obtained
permission from the Chief Post Master General to hold the Dharna in the premises
of Meghdhoot Bhawan. However, the Delhi
Police and IB contacted our organizing secretary Com. Deep Chand on 24th night
to inform of the denial of the permission to organize the programme even at Meghdhoot
Bhawan.
What
degeneration has taken place in our democratic polity over the years became
obvious on that night. There was a time
when lakhs of people used to assemble at Boat Club (located in front of the
Rasht apathy Bhawan and the Parliament house) to voice their grievances and
seek solution from the democratically elected Government and the party in
power. Discernible was the resentment of the rulers from these vox populi
demonstrations. In the name of
maintaining the cleanliness of the place, such demonstrations were first banned
at the Boat Club which resulted in the opening the Parliament street-Jantar
Mantar junction to air the voice of opposition. Police never permitted any
demonstration there in which more than 3000 people participated. For nearly two decades, that place became the
venue for people from all walks of life to assemble and voice their
protest. Now the Green Tribunal has
passed the order prohibiting any such demonstration to take place in front of
Jantar Mantar on the same ground by virtue of which Boat club was closed
down. The days are not far off when the
entire New Delhi would be barred for the Indian people except for the
sycophants of the ruling coterie, which would enable the rules to hear only the
voice in praise of them and be divorced from the reality of the people’s life
who had elected them to power. The
organizing committee could ultimately overcome the difficulties and hold the
dharma in a peaceful atmosphere at Meghdhoot Bhawan, for which we are no doubt
grateful to the CPMG and the leadership of NFPE. The programme went on upto 3.00PM. Com.Shiv Gopal Mishra was the first speaker
in his capacity as the President of NCCPA. The programme was inaugurated by the
veteran trade union leader and the erstwhile leader of the telecom employees
Com.VAN Namboodiri, Patron of NCCPA. On
behalf of the organizing Committee, Com. Deepchand conducted the proceedings of
the house and Com. Rajinder Prasad of AIPRPA presided over. Com. KKN Kutty,
Secretary General NCCPA informed the participating members of the need to fill
up the register with the derails which could be used by the CHQ for a faster
and effective communication mechanism in future. He also drew the attention of the comrades of
the Booklet which had been brought out by the NCCPA explaining the ten point
charter of demands, which was being sold at the venue for a price of Rs.
10/-. About 650 copies of the booklet
were sold out at the venue itself. We
are proposing to send a few copies to all affiliates and State Committees to ensure
that the same is sold and the publication cost realized. Com. Tapan Sen, General Secretary CITU and
Member of Parliament were one of the prominent speakers. The programme was concluded by his address to
the members. There had been a galaxy of
speakers who were leaders of various Trade Union organizations and Pensioners
associations. Prominent among them were:
M.S.Raja (SG Audit and Working President
Confederation of CGE &W);
S.C.Maheswari (General
Secretary, Bharath Pensioners Samaj)
D.Balasubramanian (GS All India Federation of
Pensioners Associations)
Com. K.G.Jayaraj (GS All India
BSNL and DOT Pensioners Association)
K.Ragavendran (GS All India Postal and RMS Pensioners association.
K.Ragavendran (GS All India Postal and RMS Pensioners association.
Com.Swapan Chakraborti (Dy.GS
BSNLEU)
Ashok Ghosh (Dy.Secretary West
Bengal COC of CGPA)
Com. Somaiah (GS All
India Ground Water Board Pensioners
Association)
Com. A. K. Kanojia (President,
Income tax Employees Federation)
Com. Lajpat Rai (Patron, Income tax Pensioners Federation)
Com. M.N.Reddy (General
Secretary, All Pensioners and Retired
Persons Association)
Com. Rajinder Prasad Verma (
All India Vice President AIPRPA)
Com. Deep Chand. (State
General Secretary, AIPRPA, Delhi)
A delegation met the Chief
Post Master General to hand over a memorandum addressed to the Honourable Prime
Minister. The CPMG has assured the
delegation that the same will be officially forwarded to the Prime Minister’s
office. A few photographs of the programme have already been placed on the
website.
With greetings,
Yours fraternally,
K.K.N. Kutty
Secretary General.
