BSNL engineers call off strike after assurance from Govt

New Delhi, Aug 22 (PTI) Over 10,000 engineers of
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), who were on an indefinite
strike demanding absorption of officers on deputation, on
Saturday called off their agitation after Union Telecom
Minster A Raja assured them to "fairly" resolve the issue.

Siloh Rao, the president of the association of
engineers had met Raja on Friday.

"The Minister has assured that the issue will be
resolved fairly by arranging a tripartite meeting at the
earliest with the management," a representative of the
engineers association said.

The meeting is likely to take place next week, he
said.

So far, the BSNL management had declined to hold any
talks with the BSNL engineers union -- the All-India Graduate
Telecom Officers Association of Engineers. PTI PML
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