No.PF-1(e) 2020 (2) Date: 24th
September-2020
CIRCULAR
To,
All
General Secretaries / NFPE Office bearers
All
Circle / Divisional and Branch Secretaries of NFPE Affiliated Union Comrades,
CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS OF COM : BABU TARAPADA MUKHERJEE'S HISTORIC
LAHORE SPEECH FROM 09.10.2020 TO 09.10.2021.( ONE YEAR)
ONLINE INAUGURAL CEREMONY ON 09.10.2020 (FRIDAY) AT 5 PM.
Presided by Com P.V.Rajendran , President , NFPE.
Inauguration: Com. R.N.
Parashar, Secretary General, NFPE & Confederation
Centenary Lecture: Com: M. Krishnan, Ex-Secretary General, NFPE
& Confederation.
Former Leaders of NFPE, Present CHQ Office Bearers and all
General Secretaries will address. All are welcome.
The Federal Executive Committee meeting of
NFPE held on 22.09.2020 has decided to celebrate the historic Lahore speech of
Com Babu Tarapada Mukherjee , the founder father of Postal Trade Union movement
in India. He delivered the historic Presidential address in the
Lahore All India (including Pakistan , Bangladesh , Nepal and Burma)
Conference of Post office and RMS Employees on 09.10.1921. One hundred years ago,
it is in this Lahore speech he exhorted the workers the following oft-quoted
lines ------
"Workers are not beggars! They are the
salt of the earth; they are the only people who produce wealth.......... You
have immense potentiality, capable of moving heaven and earth. Organise this power,
organise with a purpose, organise with determination, and I promise you ,
success will knock at your door."
Each line of the 17 page written speech (42
paragraph) is worth mentioning and it is a treasure. It was a clarion call on
workers and it will continue to inspire generations to come. The untold
miseries suffered by Com Tarapada and the great sacrifices he made for the
working class , especially for the Postal and RMS workers , will be an lesson
and an inspiration for all leaders and cadres who take trade union work
seriously. His eventful life and the historic Lahore speech is a powerful
weapon in our hand in the fight against the ruling class.
It is in this background, NFPE Federal
Executive meeting has decided to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the historic
Lahore speech in a befitting manner and organise various centenary celebrations
for one year from 09.10.2020 to 09.10.2021.
NFPE Federal Executive further calls upon all
Circle and Divisional Secretaries to organise similar programmes at Circle/ Divisional
level also during the one year period from 09.10.2020 to 09.10.2021.
The online link of the All India
Inaugural function on 09.10.2020 at 5.30 PM will be published before
09.10.2020.
All concerned are
requested to cooperate.
Fraternal yours
R.N.PARASHAR
Secretary
General.
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