It is like Pak holding India responsible for Terrorism on Indian
soil. We have decided to do a bit of Ghandhigiri and we all will
observe fast on Monday (12.01.2009).We dedicate this fast to our
True Patriotic spirit as an expression of grief on being alleged
Desh drohi, blackmailer and what not. We do it so that all those
will see this day as a day of Introspection for maliciously
tarnishing the image of Responsible and Disciplined of Oilmen who
have contributed heavily to the economic growth of this Great Nation.

All those who maligned us may read through and do the introspection.

Unfortunately we are in a country where everything is priced. We
can't express our opinion. We cannot tell the public our side of the
story. If we have to do that we will have to pay the Media. They are
more obsessed with making a sensational story out of some one else's
grievance. They do not want to project the correct picture. They
will make an innocent look like a criminal. They will make a
habitual offender look like a saint. These people are worse than the
most corrupt and horrible black coats and politicians.

May be what we did was wrong, but did we have another choice. Did
anyone try to find out if we resorted to strike without exhausting
other means of problem resolution. Strike call was withdrawn several
times in the last two and half years. The people who mattered made
several assurances and cheated us every time. Even in this last
attempt, notice was given several days in advance and less than a
week before the D-day the government appointed a committee and said
they need one more month and we all are sure that the babus of this
country will not allow them to deliver a favorable decision to us.

Coming to the what the media was talking the other day - We get more
than what the armed forces, that protect the country, get. We are
all very well educated and we too are working for this country. Most
of us are graduates, post graduates, doctorates from the best
institutes of this country. We may not be in the frontline but many
of our friends sacrificed their lives for this country and we do not
have weapons to protect ourselves. I hope media heard about the
officers killed by extremists as we work for the government and for
this country. I hope they heard about the officer who was killed by
the corrupt mafia. We have among us people who were held captive by
Pakistan, though for a short time. We too are fighting and working
in unfavorable conditions to make this country inch towards self
reliance. We have officers working in Hot Deserts, biting colds and
dense forests surveying and exploring for oil. We do not have the
perqs and facilities that armed forces get. Our brothers who work
offshore work in very testing conditions. At odd hours we have to
sail by boats - even if a storm is there - to revive shutdowns, jump
on to platforms holding a rope risking our lives. But then we are
blamed terrorists. We Stay and work at refineries in remote areas
and work in non conducive environments. Media should understand that
Oil cannot be produced in Air conditioned rooms just like news
stories can be made sitting in air conditioned rooms. Maybe a small
percentage of people sit in offices but majority struggle in testing
conditions.

We are blamed that we held the nation to Ransom. In fact our fight
was to save this nation. Many may not know how they get fuel so
cheap even when the crude price was so high in the recent past. It
is these Oil companies which took the burden of subsidy. People fail
to understand that the babus and netas are trying to kill these very
companies that are working for the nation. With the paltry increase
which we are going to get, not many of us will remain loyal to these
companies and the nation for ever. Many have switched their loyalty
and many will follow suit. If this happens it will not be long
before these companies lose their talent and find it difficult to
pull along. Netas and babus just want this to happen. Now they will
start selling these companies. Once private players take over, will
they take the subsidy burden? Just take the case of Reliance who
closed all their fuel pumps when crude price increased and fuel
prices are not increased. Why did not the government force them to
open their bunks by using ESMA or NSA. This is what that will happen
very soon. Buy fuel at high price or the pumps will close. They are
not simple living PSU employees who can be threatened with ESMA, NSA
etc. The Ambanis and Essars will not budge and public will be happy
buying at higher prices. This will be reality very soon. And the
media will be very happy to praise them for supplying fuel to the
public at higher prices and get high priced gifts to themselves. We
are called Deshdrohis because we are fighting to stop the benevolent
PSU's death from happening.

Then there was media screaming that we are paid 2 lacs to 4 lacs a
month. Most of us even after working for 20 years take home a salary
of not more than 50000/- a month. A person with a private company
with similar experience gets a salary of at least 3 lacs a month. We
are not fighting for this salary but only for a decent salary to
have a decent living. Only for a salary that will stop us from
looking for something more lucrative. Only for a salary that will
help us help this country. Now we are working for PSUs which were
started with socialist objectives but now we started feeling that we
are working for Capitalists who suppress their work force with brute
force. We a terribly demoralized lot but we still want to work for
these PSUs and stay loyal to this great Nation.

Hope better sense will prevail on the media and they present a true
picture to the Nation. Hope they will probe into the sinister game.

Ashoke Kumar Soren

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