AGARTALA, Dec 15 (TIWN): Halting the service of BSNL offices, the BSNL union said, “The one day strike against the conspiracy of the government, to fragment BSNL, by forming a Subsidiary Tower Company, has successfully started throughout the country. Initial reports say that, the strike has evoked massive response, both among the Non-Executives and Executives of BSNL. BSNLEU salutes all the comrades”.Whereas it's a good sign that businessmen are aligning their interests with national interests, but on the other hand few people who never want any competition, bans privatization for their own satisfaction, whereas nobody can deny that due to private organizations, the BSNL has bound to increase its facility in last 2 years.This step for strike by BSNL Unions was criticized by a major section of people as such steps will create a hurdle for Modi’s push towards a Digital India.

Before the strike addressing a press meet the Forum of BSNL Union announced that the recent the central govt is aimed to convert everything into private sectors thus planning to screw the Govt organizations which has led the central govt to led the towers of BSNL to share by other private companies. 

So, the staffs of BSNL are observing the strike against the Government’s decision to ‘end BSNL by fragmenting it to pieces’. The entire trade unions are against the decision of the Ministry of Communications to form a subsidiary company to manage BSNL’s mobile towers. 

BSNL’s 65000 mobile towers will be hived off to the new subsidiary company if the statement is approved by the Cabinet. But according to the trade unions, if BSNL’s towers are snatched away, then the company will die its natural death. Hence, the entire trade unions of BSNL have decided not to allow Government to rob BSNL its mobile towers.

Targeting NITI Aayog it has been said that it is aimed to fulfilling privatization policy, which may cause heavy losses to BSNL.

During protest they said that whereas Reliance is giving jio offer, but all are fake and temporary,whereas it’s only BSNL which could expand across the hills, rural areas and other backward places. Reliance also came under many corruption allegation in Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s times too. 

 However, it’s to be seen, how far the strike or protest would get back any response further, as BSNL towers were done with govt money and now the towers to be utilized as the govt wants for the welfare of the country.