Friday, October 09, 2009

A Golden Opportunity for Change in SBBJ called Elections

My dear Brother-Officer,

When is the last time we've had a proper election to the Officers' Association in SBBJ ? This time there'll be one, because Ashok Meena some years back accepted the challenge and tirelessly built up a strong base by working for his guys. And now in his political maturity he has launched a Team for Merger comprising of Shri Santosh Kumar Sharma, a veteran of SBBJ political arena and myself, Sanjoy Gupta, a new comer to politics.

Originally what inspired us was the common plank for merger. The net benefit which will accrue to all of us once SBBJ is merged with SBI is known to all of us to be quite huge. We also now know that after forcing us into strikes against merger and making us suffer salary cuts on that account repeatedly, suddenly the existing office bearers have turned in favour of so-called merger "at par". Obviously their heart is not in it because the understanding which has been reached between the two prominent office bearers is that the one who'll be President will also be the Officer Director, but if there will be merger then where'll be the position of the Director left.

One of our election pledge is therefore, that none of our office bearers will be the Director. We undertake to keep not only this but all our activities and accountings democratic and transparent. We have had excess of the rule by a small group of netas for so many years when a handful of officers have cornered all the privileges and benefits. We seek to overturn that. Why should you and I only suffer while they enjoy unjustly all the fruits of our labour.

Today, the fact at the branches, the BPR centers and everywhere where brother officers are working with dead sincere dedication and for very very long hours, is that, officers are being mercilessly squeezed from all directions, officers are being silently killed with high BP, diabetes, heart problems. And the compensation is not even 54% of what the equivalent state government employee gets. And what does our existing office bearers of the Association do ? Become half-management and exert more pressure on the officers !! Why not leave the management do its job to increase business, to do this also and that also. You do your job. And what is the job of the Association ? It is obviously to represent its members. It is to jump into help every brother officer who is in any sort of suffering and/or facing any sort of injustice. It is for the Association to speak up with courage against the mindless exploitation of the meek innocent officers’ community that is taking place today day in and day out.

But this will not happen if the present set of office bearers who have developed rigid vested interests in the present set up and arrangements, are not thrown out in this election. Our team is the only team having the base capable of doing that. But unless friends like you join us and help us actively, this will not happen. So do reply to this mail to encourage us and keep us posted of how we can be useful to you.

A friend

Sanjoy Gupta


PS :-

the old & original
PANEL FOR MERGER IN SBBJ
Aboa : unit sbbj, election – 2009-12
THE PLEDGE
merger without any ifs and buts
complete parivartan

· · In first week, we shall pass Resolution for Merger and submit to management to be placed before Board of the Bank for approval.
· No question of ever again stupidly resorting to strikes against merger.
· · Quick relief and welfare will be brought to each and every brother-officer facing injustice or suffering.
· Postings will be got changed as per dignity due and desire.
· Officer Director shall not be any one of the office-bearers.
· Monthly subscription shall be reduced to Rs.50/- from Rs.75/-.
· Group insurance for all officers free of cost.
· There will be democracy and transparency in all our activities and accounts.

The Team : SK Sharma-Ashok Meena-Sanjoy Gupta

Openly Supporting : Dr Anoop Goyal, CP Joshi, Parijat Saurabh, Pushpendra Nath Pandey, KS Rekhi, CR Das, Sudipto Bannerjee, RC Mishra, SK Singh, Gautam Prakash, RS Chauhan, PK Mohanty, NS Sharma, DS Ujjawal, RK Kankhedia, JP Sharma, Sanjay Sandhu, Mohan Meghwal, Suresh Chand Gupta, TP Pandey, Ghanshyam Meena, BR Meghwal,
-- "when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it." (Paulo Coelho) This is our chance to complete parivartan. Vote whole-heartedly for the team for merger (without any ifs and buts) of ASHOK MEENA-SK SHARMA-SANJOY GUPTA

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