GS spoke to Sh Deepak Parekh, member of the high power committee constituted by Hon’ble PM, under the Chairmanship of Sam pitroda, presently in Mumbai, and requested him to grant this Association an opportunity to present its views on the crucial matter of drafting and finalizing future road map for BSNL to bring it out of the horrible mess that it is in now – a challenging task assigned to the committee. Sh. Parekh felt that it would be appropriate for the committee to meet us only after the return of Sh. Sam Pitroda from US. However, we were advised by him to mail our views which we have already done. The same views have been already mailed to Sh Sam Pitroda. Sh. Parekh also informed us that the committee is expected to submit its report to Hon’ble PM towards the end of Feb.10. We are also in touch with the office of Sh. Sam Pitroda and are following up our efforts to fix up time for a telephonic conversation with Sh. Sam Pitroda to explain our views.
26th Jan 2010We all should hang our heads in shame – Market drubbing, rampant corruption and scandals galore in BSNL. WiMAX scandal- reportedly involving Director(CM), a strong contender for top slot in the BSNL board.
Hats off to Sh. P.R.Ananthan, CGM(STP), and Sh. Sat Paul, CVO, for their outstanding integrity and timely stern stand and action to stall yet another big scandal in BSNL.
Whether or not 1500 odd top managers of BSNL hang their heads in shame for BSNL being continuously kicked by private operators like a football , we in our Association have no reason not to hang down our heads for the continuing disgrace into which our beloved Company is brought into not by rapidly declining market position and continuous drubbing that it gets in telecom market but also by revelation of one scandal after one, the latest one being almost issuing of APO for procurement of WiMAX Rural tender Project II to a Hyderabad based Company VMCL facing not only serious charges of customs tax evasion worth Rs 55 crores but also criminal charge of having violated the integrity panel by falsely declaring that there was no criminal charge against it.
While in the market standing, BSNL, pushed very recently to fifth position by till recently a tiny operator, IDEA, has been now kicked down to the sixth position by Tata Teleservices in the GSM segment with induction of record 3.3 million mobile lines on GSM platform (DOCOMO) for third consecutive month in Dec.,09, on the mounting corruption and scandal front, Director(CM)/BSNL board, a strong contender for top slot of BSNL board, just brushed under the carpet the timely and serious recommendation of CGM(STP), Sh P.R.Ananthan, Chairman of the tender evaluation committee, to refer the award of contract for procurement of WiMAX equipment to VMCL to Chief vigilance officer, BSNL, to probe the violation of integrity pact by VMCL by falsely claiming that there was no criminal charge pending against it. Not only did Director(CM) blatantly ignore the crucial advice of Sh P.R. Ananthan, an officer of outstanding and impeccable integrity, to refer the issue to CVO/BSNL for investigating a criminal offence of VMCL but he accorded his approval to issue APO to VMCL for supply of WiMAX equipment as L4 vendor.
It was only timely and bold intervention of Sh Sat Paul, CVO/BSNL, acting on an independent representation, because the complaint was never forwarded to him by Corporate office of BSNL, as recommended by CGM(STP) , that the award of APO to VMCL, an alleged customs tax evader, has been put on hold.
This is how Directors of BSNL board conduct the affairs of a Company which is already profusely bleeding. We are confident that similar serious irregularities are detected by CVC in the matter of procurement of 93 million GSM equipments on the pricing front, prompting their timely intervention to put the whole thing on hold which has started jeopardizing future growth of BSNL. Big and serious questions need to be answered by Director(CM) on the price front of the GSM tender also. All these facts we shall adequately reflect when PESB starts deciding on who the next incumbent for the post of CMD/BSNL shall be. Interestingly and significantly, growth of Bihar Circle nosedived like anything when the present Director(CM) was the Chief executive of BSNL in Bihar Circle.
In the meanwhile, we have just no words to commend and salute the great and timely efforts of Sh. P.R.Ananthan, CGM(STP), and Sh Sat paul, CVO/BSNL, to stall what would have been yet another big scandal in BSNL.
In fact, Corruption in BSNL has started assuming alarming and wide spread proportions at the SSA/Circle levels. Strong vendor-SSA/Circle head nexus is fast growing in many vulnerable Circles, particularly in the Northern Zone. A vicious circle of good number of CGMs/GMs in the Northern region has started eating into the vitals of the Company very fast. Active involvement of SDEs/DEs and DGMs in this nexus is not at all ruled out. In fact, active complicity of SDEs/DEs/DGMs in this nexus is more or less reported and established.
We warn SDEs/DEs and DGMs of grave consequences of such filthy acts of complicity which are endangering our bread and butter. We cannot be silent spectators towards all these threatening developments. Thus, we call upon our office bearers and activists at all the levels of the Organization to come out fearlessly, courageously and openly in exposing the growing vendor nexus and other corrupt practices. Don’t be scared of exposing CGMs/GMs and our own brethren involved in such unscrupulous activities. Be bold, have strong determination, be fearless in ruthlessly exposing corrupt colleagues and officers alike. Don’t shirk from this important responsibility at this crucial juncture since corruption is fast depleting the scarce resources and hitting at our bread and butter.
Rise to the occasion and face and expose unscrupulous and corrupt elements at all levels boldly and fearlessly. The choice is between exposing corrupt elements which are fast growing in number and protecting our bread and butter and our beloved Company from crumbling for all times.
Association very strongly takes up the issue of induction of highly talented, professional and capable of deliverance people as CMD and Directors, bsnl/board with Hon’ble PM in his capacity of overseeing the functioning of department of personnel and administrative reforms. PESB, which decides the selection, is under DOP&AR. GS urges upon Hon’ble PM to give a dispassionate and serious consideration to induct extraordinary talent, considering the hard fact that exclusively ITS controlled non professional Management has miserably failed to deliver on all fronts for the last ten years, at the top, capable of steering the Company in grave crisis and in a fiercely competitive environment. Association also conveys its comprehensive views on the matter to Sh. Sam Pitroda and Sh Deepak Parekh, members of the high power committee constituted by Hon’ble PM to draw future road map for BSNL against the backdrop of 93 million GSM tender being put on hold by CVC. Chairman, PESB, and all its members, including Secy/PESB, have been elaborately apprised of the need of roping in rarest of rare talent to lead the Company from the front. Hon’ble Minister of State for Personnel and Administrative reforms, Sh Prithvitaj Chavan, Secy/DOT, Secy’s DOP&AR and Secy/DPE have also been extensively enlightened about the issue in entirety. In this direction GS writes to Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Man Mohan Singhji. <<
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