A WRITE UP BY OUR CHQ VICE PRESIDENT

SHRI M R PATNAIK OF VISAKHAPATNAM

Have contentment and optimism,

shed frustration and pessimism

Dear comrades,

Visit of our senior leadership to New Delhi on 5th Feb, 2024 in pursuit of our long pending just demand of pension revision is a series of such umpteen visits. The delegation lead by our president Shri D Gopalakrishnan, braving hostile weather, and risking their fragile health condition, fighting for 4.5 lakh retired pensioners/family pensioners. We have no other wherewithal with us in our struggle except justice and faith in it, which gives us immense strength. Comrades, association is not just for pension revision. We should not forget the land mark major achievements of our leaders in the past decade under the visionary leadership of Shri P S Ramankutty. After becoming Vice President of this great association, I am getting calls pan India mostly from aged family pensioners, living in remote areas. There are umpteen types of grievances with respect to timely pension credits, Sampann migration, DLCs, CGHS, KYC issues etc. Circle secretaries and District secretaries of all telecom circles are tirelessly dealing such grievances. In Visakhapatnam I am proudly witnessing the relentless services of our Shri K V D Swamy in getting the CGHS services to scores of needy pensioners. Of course pension revision is our top most grievance, and our leadership untiringly working on it with constant vigil. Let us guard ourselves against misleading people, have endurance, patience and faith on our top leadership, and do not exhibit frustration. As justice is with us, we will soon reach the end of the tunnel to full lighting.

M R PATNAIK

CHQ Vice President at Visakhapatnam

21-02-2024