Govt., postal unions hold fruitful discussions

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI, MAY 2. The Government today nominated a ``designated officer'' as an immediate follow-up to the assurances given late on Monday night to postal workers which resulted in their calling off the indefinite country-wide strike scheduled to begin from today.

While the Union Communications Minister, Mr. Ram Vilas Paswan, and the Minister of State for Communications, Mr. Tapan Sikdar, expressed ``deep appreciation for the cooperative and constructive approach of the postal unions in deferring the strike'', the unions also reciprocated the sentiments by observing that the ``chances of clinching the issue were better'' because of the manner in which Mr. Paswan held talks with Finance Ministry officials.

The agreement between the Government and the postal unions also reflected the bonhomie being expressed by both the sides after two days of sparring.

``The discussions we had with the Ministers provided indications of the sympathetic attitude of the department to the genuine interest of the employees as also the extra-departmental agents'' (part-time postmen), noted Mr. G.K. Padmanabhan, General Secretary of the Federation of National Postal Organisations.

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