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MP’s Indefinite HungerStrike ends before Lunch

Diglipur, Oct 17: Within fewhours of the launch of an In-definite Hunger Strike atDiglipur Island, the loneMember of Parliament with-drew the Hunger Strike fol-lowing simple assurancesthat came from Port Blair thisafternoon, the capital city ofAndaman and Nicobar Is-lands.

The Member of Par-liament on 15, October 2014declared to go for a HungerStrike at Subhash Nagar vil-lage of North Andaman pro-testing against removal of thestatue of Netaji SubhashChandra Bose and demand-ing immediate re-installation

of the same at the same place.The Hunger Strike be-

gan at around 10 am, after twodays long high drama but byafternoon the Administrationsent the Agriculture Secretary,

Mr. JP Singh, in the speciallyarranged Helicopter tohandover the letter of assur-ance to MP. As per the assur-ance letter a high level com-

DJ VenkateshSheekha News Service

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Written LGCexam. on 9, November

Good News for Island Youths

Port Blair, Oct. 17: The writ-ten examination for recruit-ment to the post of LowerGrade Clerk under the A&NAdministration will be heldon Nov. 9, 2014 (Sunday) in

two shifts of morning andevening from 1000 hrs to1200 hrs and from 1400 hrsto 1600 hrs respectively. Thelist of eligible candidates

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If law forbids will go for anyalternative land for statue: NSCBSEC


Diglipur, Oct 10: The Secre-

tary and President of theNetaji Subhash Chandra

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Mahindra Drives intoAndaman with the Next

Generation Scorpio

Port Blair, Oct 17: Mahindra& Mahindra & JadwetTrading Company launchedthe much anticipated nextgeneration Scorpio yester-day in a befitting functionheld at Mahindra Show-room Garacharma. Mrs.Rupa Ray W/o Mr BishnuPada Ray, Honorable Mem-ber of Parliament unveiledthe car, Five vehicles weredelivered on the same dayto the respective custom-ers.

The new MahindraScorpio has been launchedin Andaman for a startingprice of Rs 9.15 lakhs onroad. It is available in five

new variants and two newcolor options, this is the mostsignificant update since 2006and there is a significantnumber of cosmetic as wellas mechanical changeswhen compared to the out-going vehicle. 2014 Scorpiohas a new structure includ-ing the new axle and trans-mission and revamped exte-rior with a new front grill, pro-jector headlamps and LEDtail lamps, it also offers a re-designed interior, cruise con-trol, infotainment system andautomatic temperature con-trol. Vehicles are now openfor viewing, test drives andbookings.

Written LGC ..has been uploaded with theAdministration’s websitewww.and.nic.in for infor-mation of all concerned.Also sample OMR Sheetsand Instructions to the can-didates have been madeavailable in the recruitmentportal http://ls.and.nic.in/rec, a press release from theSecretary (Pers) said.

The release furthersaid that the admission cer-tificate/admit card indicat-ing Roll No, ticket no. in-cluding venue/centre of theexamination, will be madeavailable to the candidatesw.e.f Oct. 21 (Forenoon) atAdmn’s Website-

www.and.nic.in for down-loading the hard copy of theAdmission Certificate/Ad-mit Card copy of whichneeds to be produced on theday of written examinationi.e Nov. 9 by the individualcandidate to take entry inthe respective examinationhall. Downloading of AdmitCard/Admission Certificatecan however be taken outfrom the above mentionedWebsite upto 0900 hrs onNov. 9.

The hall ticket canalso be downloaded directlyfrom the Recruitment portalat http://ls.and.nic.in/rec.The candidates are advised

to take complete print out ofthe Hall ticket including theInstructions on the back sideto ensure that they are famil-iar with and comply with theinstructions and guidelines.

All eligible candi-dates are accordingly ad-vised to be present in their re-spective Examination Centrein time on Nov. 9 with theirAdmission Certificate/Ad-mit Card together with any ofthe Photo bearing IdentityCard such as Islander’sCard, EPIC Card, AadharCard, Pan Card etc to appearin the written examination,the release added.

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Nine domestic LPGcylinders seized from hotels

Port Blair, Oct. 17: Action onthe complaint on use of do-mestic 14.2 Kg cylinders incommercial establishments,was taken by carrying outsurprise raids on various ho-tel establishments today by ateam comprising officialsfrom CS&CA, IOCL & Po-lice personnel.

Five hotels/restau-rants were found to be ille-gally using 14.2 Kg domesticLPG cylinders for cookingpurpose. The hotels raidedwere in and around Aberdeen

Bazar & Mohanpura. A totalof nine cylinders were con-fiscated for their illegal use.

All the owners ofregistered commercial estab-lishments like hotels, foodjoints, eateries and dhabasare hereby appealed that theyshould not use 14.2 Kg LPGcylinders meant only for do-mestic purpose. Instead, theyare advised to use the com-mercial 19.0 Kg LPG cylin-ders (blue coloured cylinder).Those found violating thenorms will be liable for legal

action. Despite stringentrules prohibiting the use ofdomestic gas for commercialpurpose, some miscreant own-ers of hotels and dhabas man-age to dupe the authorities bydisplaying the blue colouredcylinders outside their businessestablishments when they areactually using the domesticcylinders in their kitchen. Thisdirectly affects the supply ofdomestic gas to the consum-ers, eventually resulting in itsshortage, a communicationreceived here said.

Diglipur CongressTakes a dig at Hunger Strike


Diglipur, Oct 17: The Con-gress unit of Diglipur todaytook a dig at today’s Hun-ger Strike. Speaking toAndaman Sheekha theGeneral Secretary, BlockCongress CommitteeDiglipur Mr. Rama Raoand Asit Bain today allegedthat the Hunger Strike bythe Member of Parliamentat Diglipur was organizedjust to get political mileage.

Targeting the MP

directly Mr. Bain allegedthat just 24 hours back theMP had said that we willnot get up (Uthenge Nahi,Uthenge Nahi, UthengeNahi) from Hunger Striketill the statue is re-installedat the same spot but withinfour hour s the HungerStrike ended without anymajor assurance.

“Everything waspre-planned. The MP uti-lized the forum to criticizeCongress and Administra-tion without any reason,”alleged Mr. Bain.

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Newly elected Chairperson,SVC and JVC meet CS

Port Blair, Oct 17: The newlyelected Chairperson, Shri M.Arumugam, Sr. Vice Chair-person Shri MahenderPrasad, and Junior ViceChairperson, Shri B. HemaRao, today met the ChiefSecretary, Shri AnandPrakash. The CS congratu-lated them for assuming theoffice. During the interac-tion with Chief Secretary,the Chairperson appraisedabout various projects beingundertaken by PBMC forthe benefits of city dwellers.Chairperson also discussedissues like regularization of

DRM’s, allotment of landsetc. The Chief Secretarygave a tranquil hearing and

assured full cooperation tothe PBMC in its future en-deavors.

Kuldeep demands regularappointment to 69 TSMs of DCS&CAPort Blair, Oct 17: ThePresident Supply Employ-ees Union, Kuldeep RaiSharma met the Chief Sec-retary Shri Anand Prakashand has reiterated the re-quest of giving regular ap-pointment to 69 TemporaryStatus Mazdoors employedin the Directorate of CivilSupplies and Consumer Af-fairs who after serving the

administration and people ofthese islands for more than20 to 25 years are st illawaiting for permanent em-ployment.

Briefing details,Kuldeep has stated that withthe passage of time theseTSMs are attaining the ageof retirement form Govt ser-vice without getting regular-ized and requested for early

creation of posts, so that the69 TSMs of the Directorateafter serving for over 20 to25 years are not deprived ofthe social and financial ben-efits which their regularcounterpart avails on induc-tion in government service.

The Chief Secretaryhas given a patient hearingand assured to look into thematter.

WATCH OUT FOR TODAY1) The 108 Mtn Bde Sig Coy, C/o 99 APO will beutililizing Chinthe 200m Long Range, Brichgunj for smallarms firing from 0930 hrs to 1400 hrs.2) MV Nicobar is expected to arrive here from Vizag at0500 hrs.3) The power supply will be suspended by every siteoffices under Chouldari Sub-Division and Ferrargunj Sub-Division from 7 am to 2 pm. Meanwhile, the power sup-ply will also remain suspended at part of Prothrapur,part of Garacharama, Pathergudda, New Pahargaon,Bathu Basti from 8 am to 1 pm in connection with ur-gent maintenance on T&D system.4) The Department of Tourism propose an event toshowcase the very best in local art, craft, design etc ona common platform Utsav - weekend mela that will beheld during the weekends. The department has selectedthe area from Light house restaurant to Girls school Junc-tion, (between Netaji Stadium and Marina Park) for thepurpose. It will be held between 4 pm to 10 pm.5) The Department of Art & Culture, A&N Adminis-tration in collaboration with Avinash-Social and CulturalSociety, Port Blair is organizing cultural exchangeprogramme in the auditorium of Anthropological Surveyof India from 5.30 pm onwards.6) The adjourned Gram Sabha meeting of GramPanchayat Wimberlygunj will be held at PanchayatBhawan, Wimberlygunj at 2 pm.

Rotary Club of Port Blair toconduct drawing competitionat Govt. Girls Sr. Sec. School

Port Blair, Oct 17: On theoccasion of World Polio Dayon 24th October, 2014. Ro-tary Club of Port Blair willconduct drawing competitionfor the students of Govern-ment Girls Senior Secondary

School Port Blair. Smt.Sangeeta Chand, Principal ofGirls Sr. Sec School will co-ordinate. Winner’s will begiven certificate and prizes inthe form of study materialsfrom Rotary Club.

Contribution towardsPM’s Relief Fund

Port Blair, October 17: ShriA. P. Mohammed, Presidentof ‘The Muslim EducationSociety Andamans’,Wimberlygunj has donated an

amount of Rs 1,00,000/-to-wards the PM’s Relief Fund.The DD amount was handedover to the Lt Governor at RajNiwas on 17.10.2014.

AFFIDAVITI Shri Prahlad Chandra Das , S/o Dwarik Chandra Das,age about 59 years, R/o Deshbandhugram under DiglipurTehsil in Andaman District do hereby solemnly affirmand declare as under:That Prahalad Das is my name and son of Late DwarikaDas as it shows in the Form ‘F’ of revenue Record ofholding No. 182 register village Vidyasagarpalli underDiglipur Tehsil. But by mistake my name and fathername ware written down in revenue records as myname Prahalad Das instead of Prohlad Chandra Dasand as my father name Late Dwarika Das instead ofLate Dwarik Chandra Das also bears official and nonofficial documents as shows me and my fatherauthenticable and correctnames as Shri. Prohlad Das, S/o Late Dwarik ChandraDas.That this affidavit is made for the purpose of namecorrection. That the above declaration is true and cor-rect to the best of my knowledge and belief nothinghave been concealed thereof.

DEPONENT

Two Persons held inDrugs Peddling by CID

Port Blair, Oct 17: In continu-ation of fight against illegalactivities, a Police team com-prising of ASI Rakesh Singh,Head Constable S. ThimmiRaj, Suden Dey, Ibrahim Ali,Ajeesh Kumar, ConstableMohd. Rafi and Milton Baulof Special Branch (CID)were on checking duty ofnew comers at Haddo Wharfpassenger hall on arrival ofM. V. Swaraj Dweep Shipfrom Kolkata to Port Blairand they recovered 139 stripscontaining 1372 tablets ofClonazepam, Alprazolam andSpasmo from the possessionof two persons namely Sona

Sarkar S/o Late ChanderMohan Sarkar (53) andBiswajeet Sarkar S/o ShriSona Sarkar (29) both R/oMazar Pahar on 15/10/2014evening. On questioning, theaccused failed to produceany bill or Doctor’s prescrip-tion to the Police and dis-closed that they were con-suming the said tablets for in-toxication. The above tabletscome under the purview ofNDPS Act, hence all the tab-lets were seized on the spotunder the cover of seizurememo.

Accused SonaSarkar and Biswajeet Sarkar

were arrested U/s 21(a)/22(a) of NDPS Act 1985 on16/10/2014 at 1240 hrs. anda case was registered againstthem at PS CCS. Further in-vestigation of the case is inprogress.

The members of thegeneral public are requestedto inform about any credibleinformation pertaining to gam-bling, illegal sale or possessionof liquor/ganja or any otherillegal activity on the follow-ing telephone Numbers-9434288536, 9434289985 &9531856155. The identity ofthe informer will be kept se-cret.


18.10.2014 Daily Issue::236

EDITORIAL.....Dishing out BS

Like Martin Luther King, Jr.who famously said that hehad a ‘dream’, KChandrasekhar Rao, chiefminister of the newly-createdstate of Telangana, also has adream. Though he is no King,Rao’s dream is truly kingly inits grandiosity: he wantsHyderabad to host the Olym-pics in 2024. Perhaps it iswith this in mind that his gov-ernment has launched aprogramme to reclaim some30,000 acres of Bhoodanland from illegal occupants,who reportedly are develop-ers and industrialists fromSeemandhra, according to thechief minister’s daughter andTRS MP, K Kavitha.“My fa-ther always had grand plans”,Kavitha is quoted as saying,adding that the newborn statewill have no problem raisingresources for the mega eventeven after the TRS govern-ment fulfils its promise ofgranting farmers a loan waiverof between Rs 15,000 and Rs17,000 crore.hether the cityof the famous Charminar andequally famous biryani doesin fact actually manage tohost even a mini olympicswithout a capital ‘O’, in2024, or anytime else in theforeseeable future, is a dif-ferent matter.

Chandrasekhar Rao’sgrand scheme once againhighlights a common trait ofall our netas, whichever stateor political party they repre-sent: they’re experts atdreaming big dreams andbuilding castles in theair.Soon after she had routedthe communists from theirstronghold in Bengal,Mamata Banerjee claimedthat she would transformKolkata into ‘another Lon-don’. She went about thislaudable objective by paintingthe town not red but blue,which by some logic knownonly to her was the first step

in this transformation.WhenChina announced, not long ago,that it would soon put a Chineseastronaut on the moon, someof our own literally and meta-phorically spaced-out netas an-nounced that, let alone themoon, India would put an Indianon the planet Mars.It has beensaid by sceptics that the capac-ity to talk big is in inverse pro-portion to doing little: the big-ger the talk, the less the actualwork done. However, this is anuncharitable, even a cynicalview.

Our big-talking politi-cos are only taking a leaf outof a very old book of statecraft,dating back to ancient Rome.When the populace got disaf-fected by the general state ofthings, the rulers of the Eter-nal City would provide themwith free bread and circuses, asa diversionary tactic. Bydreaming and talking big –about the Olympics, or Lon-don, or Mars, or whatever else– our netas are following anage-old political example:promise aam janata the moon,and fob it off withsixpence.Unlike the Roman pa-tricians of old, our netas can’tafford to give free bread to thepublic – the cost of atta beingwhat it is – but they can, and do,give us plenty of free circuses,or tamashas.

Their tall claims onwhat they’ll do on our behalfhelp to keep our heads in theclouds, from where we can’tsee the muck and mud thatwe’re walking on.So even ifChandrasekhar Rao and his gov-ernment can’t really bring theOlympics to Hyderabad in2024, maybe the hype andhoopla that has become thestock in trade of our netas cantake India to the Olympics with anew sport of their own creation:dishing out BS.What does BSstand for? Why, Big Speech, ofcourse. What did you think itstood for?

Bangalore prison prepares for release ofJayalalithaa after Supreme Court grants her bail

BANGALORE: Formalities forrelease of AIADMK chiefJayalalithaa, who has beengranted bail by the SupremeCourt in the disproportionateassets case, from the prisonhere would be completed by Fri-day evening, a top jail officialsaid.As the former Tamil Naduchief minister secured relieffrom the apex court, DIG pris-ons PM Jaisimha told PTI, "Theformalities for the release ofJayalalithaa from the ParapannaAgrahara Prison will be com-pleted by evening."


Government holds high-levelmeeting on Ebola preparedness

The meeting, chaired byCabinet Secretary Ajit Seth,was attended by Chief Sec-retaries and health secretar-ies of all states which haveinternational airports and sealinks.The Ebola epidemic thatbroke out in west Africa lastMarch has already caused4,447 deaths and infected8,914 people, especially inGuinea, Liberia and SierraLeone, according to theWorld Health Organization(WHO).A US nurse hasbeen infected with the deadlyvirus raising concerns overthe disease's spread to west-ern countries.Seth took stockof the measures being under-taken for strengthening thepreparedness, surveillanceand response system in therespective states. Secretar-ies of health, home, shipping,civil aviation and external af-fairs ministries were alsopresent.The protocol and pre-paredness measures, includ-ing infection control practices,to be followed by the statesand union territories have al-ready been communicated tothe states, an official releasesaid here.The state govern-ments were informed duringthe meeting that these proto-cols have been put in placeand all in-bound passengersare being screened. Thestates have been informedthat in accordance with theprotocol, they have to iden-tify hospitals and isolation

wards for Ebola treatment.Central teams have

been asked to inspect the ad-equacy of preparations inthese hospitals.According tosenior officials, till Wednes-day, 22,150 passengers havebeen screened for Ebola ofwhich seven have been iden-tified to be at medium risk and56 at high risk while the oth-ers were categorized as lowrisk.Low risk passengers aregiven general advice on thevirus while medium and highrisk passengers are kept un-der observation for a furtherperiod of 30 days and theirblood samples tested, theysaid.A disease tracking sys-tem has also been put in placeunder the Integrated DiseaseSurveillance Programme(IDSP). No case of Ebola hasso far been reported in thecountry although WHO hasreported about 9,000 casesand 4,493 deaths globally.

The chief secretarieswere requested to ensure thatproper liaison and coordinationis maintained by the statehealth authorities with the air-ports and sea ports.

During the meeting,some state governments saidthey need more personal pro-tective equipment (PPE)gear.Meanwhile, the govern-ment is organizing a trainingprogramme from Oct 19-21 atDelhi. This training will in-clude demonstrations andmock drills.


More than two dozen crudebombs found in Bengal's Malda

KOLKATA: More than twodozen crude bombs werediscovered on Friday at anorchard in West Bengal'sMalda district, police said.

The crude bombs,contained in a plastic bag,were found in a mango or-chard in 16 Mile area underKaliachak police station.

"About 30 crudebombs have been foundfrom the bag. A bomb dis-posal squad is diffusingthem. We are also in thelookout for Mohshin Sheikh,the owner of the orchard,"an officer of Kaliachak po-lice station said.

The recovery inMalda comes a day after theNational InvestigationAgency (NIA) and the Na-tional Security Guard

(NSG), probing the October2 Burdwan blast, seized over30 improvised explosive de-vices from a house in thedistrict.

The NIA suspectsthe involvement of militantgroup Jamaat -u l-Mujahideen Bangladesh, inthe Burdwan blast in whichtwo suspected militantswere killed and another in-jured.

Earlier on Wednes-day, two people were in-jured in a bomb explosionin Hatichapa vil lage inMalda.

Several incidentsof crude bombs going off orbeing seized by police havebeen reported from severaldistricts of the state in thelast few days.


CCGEW demandssetting up of a grievance

redressal mechanismPort Blair, Oct 17: The Con-federation of Central Govt.Employees & Workers, hasdemanded sett ing up of agrievance redressal mecha-nism for resolving the de-mands/issues of govt. em-ployees working under the A& N State Administration.

Speaking at a meetingof the leaders and activemembers of the Non-Gazet-ted Govt. Officers’ Associa-tion at Port Blair today the14 th October, 2014, ShriPijush Roy, Asst. Secretaryof the Confederation who iscurrently on a visit to theseislands said that such amechanism is urgently re-quired as a number of genu-ine demands of the govt. em-ployees of these islands re-main unsettled for severalyears.

Referring to the 7 th

Central Pay Commission, ShriPijush Roy said that the Con-federation had already sub-mitted a memorandum to thePay Commission covering al-

most all the aspects of theCentral Govt. service.

Shri Pijush Roy in-formed that the confedera-t ion has demanded Rs.26000/- should be the mini-mum pay for the CentralGovt. employees. He alsoinformed that the confed-eration has demanded dis-banding the grade pay sys-tem. Shri Pijush Roy fur-ther said that the Confed-eration has already de-manded the grant of in-terim relief and merger ofDA with pay and the govt.is yet to take any decisionon these demands.

He called upon thegovt. employees working inA & N Islands to continuetheir struggles and remainpart of the Confederation.

Shri HL Prasad,Acting President and ShriD.Ayyappan, General Sec-retary of the Non-GazettedGovt. Officers’ Associa-tion also spoke on the oc-casion.

MP’s Indefinite....mittee consisting of PrincipleSecretary (Revenue), Secre-tary Law, Deputy Commis-sioner etc will visit Diglipuron 20th October 2014 and visitthe spot to see whether thesite in question is permissiblespot for erection of the statueor not. In case of legal hurdle,the administration was will-ing to suggestion an alterna-tive spot for the statue.

The emissary whilehanding over the letter saidthat the decision on the sitefor Netaji statue will be takenwith due consultation withMP, Netaji Statue committeeand villagers.

However the Secre-tary of Netaji statue commit-tee, while speaking after theemissary’s view, categoricallystated that they want a peace-

ful way in the statue row butthe spot for Netaji Statue is notnegotiable. Even though theMP and the villagers agreedto end the strike honoring theassurance given by the Ad-ministration of a visit by highlevel committee on 20th Oct,but at the same time the vil-lagers and the Netaji statuecommittee have disagreed tothe suggestion of alternativespot for erection of the NetajiStatue.

Mr. Ray, after consul-tation with village represen-tatives said that the visit of thehigh level committee was awelcome move, but at the samesaid that the already ear-marked spot was the most suit-able place and the site is notdisputed under of Apex CourtJudgment. He said that the

land was a house site anddoes not create hindrance inany way to traffic or people.More over the spot is muchaway from NH or any publicutility. Questioning the ad-ministration contentionbased on Apex Court orderof 2006, the MP asked whywas the erection of IndiraGandhi over footpath andRajiv Gandhi Statue at pub-lic utility place (park) at PortBlair allowed after 2006 or-der.

He further addedthat he will also be presentduring the visit of high levelcommittee to Diglipur andthat he will decide his futurecourse of action after thehigh level committee’s deci-sion and as per the view ofthe villagers.

Nicobar to sailfor Kolkata

Port Blair, Oct. 17: MVNicobar will sail for Kolkatavia Mayabunder at 8 am onOct. 20, 2014 from HaddoWharf. Excess baggage will

be loaded, medical exami-nation and embarkation ofpassengers will be donefrom 5 am to 7.45 am onOct. 20.

If law forbids will ...Bose Statue EstablishmentCommittee today toldAndaman Sheekha that theywithdraw the strike on theassurance of reinstall thestatue on the same place but

if the said spot comes underthe preview of the any su-preme court ruling than withthe consultation of the gen-eral public they will go for anyalternative land the adminis-

tration suggest. The Commit-tee also placed a photo frameof Netaji Subhash ChandraBose at the site in front of se-nior officials, who arrivedfrom Port Blair today.

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DATE -17-10-2014

ANDAMAN SHEEKHA WEATHER

New Showroom ofFocus Computer Inaugurated

Port Blair, Oct 17: Newshowroom of Focus com-puters was inaugurated at

Bazaar, opposit e t oRatnam Market today at12 PM.

After the inaugura-tion a prayer was held in-side the showroom.

Convention of workersof Trade Union organized by CITU

Port Blair, Oct 17: A Con-vention of workers who aremembers of the trade unionsbased at Port Blair was heldat Port Blair today the 12th

October, 2014. The Conven-tion was organized by theCentre of Indian TradeUnions as part of the nation-wide campaign against themove on the part of centralgovernment and var iousstate governments to amendvarious labour laws at thecost of working class in thecountry.

Addressing the Con-vention, Shri B.Chandrachoodan, GeneralSecretary, CITU, A & NState Committee explainedthe Declaration adopted bythe National Convention ofCentral Trade Unions held atNew Delhi on 15th Septem-ber, 2014 on the above issueand the decision of such Con-vention to carry out intensivecampaign among the work-ers. He further said that the

central government andAndaman and Nicobar Ad-ministration have continu-ously neglected various genu-ine demands of the workers,particularly those who areworking on contract and dailyrated basis in various depart-ments under the Administra-tion.

Speaking on the oc-casion, Shri D. Ayyappan,General Secretary, Non-Gazetted Govt. Officers’ As-sociation said that the cen-tral government is all set toamend a number of labourlaws to facilitate the employ-ers to deny various legiti-mate rights of the workerswhich they had achievedthrough historical strugglesin the country. He said thatthe moves of amendments inthe labour laws by the cen-tral government are aimed atempowering the employers toretrench/layoff workers ordeclare closure/shut down atwill and also resort to mass

scale contractor isation.These are also designed topush out more than seventyper cent of the industrial andservice establishments in thecountry and their workersout of the purview of almostall labour laws, thereby al-lowing the employers a freehand to further squeeze andexploit the workers, he said.

Shri SP Kalairajan,Circle Secretary, BSNLEmployees Union said thatthe central government isextending all-out help to theprivate telecom companiesin the country while govern-ment-owned BSNL andMTNL are being neglected.Shri Steephen Fernandez,Divisional Secretary, All In-dia Postal Employees Union,Port Blair and Shri A.Bhoominathan, General Sec-retary, ASNVMS also ad-dressed the Conventionwhich was attended by alarge number of workersfrom various trade unions.

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