BSNLEU on tthe same poiintts whiich iitt had rraiised att tthe ttiime off memberrshiip verriiffiicattiion and whiich tthe worrkerrs have outt rriighttlly rrejjectted.. The sllanderrs and abuses hurrlled by iitt had rrecoiilled tthus makiing iitts deffeatt morre damagiing.. IIn tthe ffiirrstt verriiffiicattiion,, NFTE gott 1,,05,,209 vottes and FNTO gott 40,,215 vottes,, ttogettherr whiich comes tto 1,,45,,424 vottes.. Butt jjoiinttlly tthey now gott onlly 95,,225 vottes,, 50,,199 lless tthan tthey gott iin tthe 1stt verriiffiicattiion.. On tthe conttrrarry,, BSNLEU gott 89,,496 vottes iin ffiirrstt verriiffiicattiion and iin tthe prresentt verriiffiicattiion gott 1,,24,,053 vottes,, 34,,557 vottes morre tthan iin 1stt verriiffiicattiion.. Why tthe rreducttiion fforr NFTE–FNTOalllliiance and morre fforr BSNLEU lled Uniitted Forrum? IItt iis onlly because off tthe corrrrectt patth ttaken by BSNLEU and Uniitted Forrum iin prrottecttiing and advanciing tthe rriightts off worrkerrs and saffe guarrdiing BSNL tthrrough susttaiined sttrrugglles.
IIn countterr tto ourr poiintt tthatt NFTE and FNTO agrreed tto go on sttrriike on 11tth Jully 2007,, onlly one hourr afftterr
BSNLEU decllarred sttrriike,, FNTO has countterred by sttattiing tthe absurrd tthatt BSNLEU was agaiinstt sttrriike and
agrreed onlly iin tthe llastt miinutte.. The ffactts arre wellll known tto allll.. Afftterr tthe meettiing wiitth Hon’’blle Miiniistterr,, Generrall Secrrettarry FNTO wantted tto defferr tthe sttrriike.. Agaiin iin tthe Joiintt Forrum meettiing helld iin tthe niightt off 10..07..2007,, some uniions iinclludiing FNTO wantted tto defferr tthe sttrriike,, as accorrdiing tto Generrall Secrrettarry FNTO,, tthe majjorriitty numberr off uniions werre off tthe same opiiniion.. Generrall Secrrettarry,, BSNLEU,, who iis allso tthe Convenerr off Joiintt Forrum sttatted tthatt we shoulld go on sttrriike and iiff ttherre iis no consensus orr unaniimiitty,, tthen each uniion can ttake iitts own deciisiion and accorrdiinglly
BSNLEU has deciided tto go on sttrriike..
Siimullttaneouslly,, Generrall Secrrettarriies off AIIBSNLEA and SNEA((II)) botth decllarred ttheiirr deciisiion tto go on sttrriike.. IItt was onlly afftterr aboutt an hourr tthatt FNTO iinttiimatted tthe Convenerr overr phone tthatt FNTO and NFTE wiillll allso jjoiin tthe sttrriike.. Thiis iis a ffactt known tto everrybody.. Now,, tthe crrude attttemptts tto ttwiistt tthe ffactts wiillll onlly rrecoiill as tthe abuses and sllanderrs had rrecoiilled earrlliierr..