200 bank employees donate blood

Ludhiana, April 18, 2014: State Bank of Patiala Employees Union, Ludhiana Zone on Friday organised Blood Donation Camp at Punjab Trade Centre, Ludhiana.
The event was held as a tribute to H.L Parvana on his death anniversary.
Rajen Nagar, President, All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA) inaugurated the event. Gour Das, Joint Secretary, AIBEA,  Soumitro Talapatra, Joint Treasurer, AIBEA and S.K.Gautam, Joint Secretary AIBEA & General Secretary, All India State Bank of Patiala Employees Federation were the Chief Guests.
Rajeev K Sharma, Deputy General Manager, Ludhiana,  Parveen Moudgil, Chairperson, Ashok Malhan, Vice President, State Bank of Patiala Employees Union and Rakesh Khanna, Zonal Secretary, Associate Banks Officers’ Association were the Guests of  Honour.   
Around 200 bank employees donated the blood.
While addressing the bank employees, Rajen Nagar said that volumes can be written about Parvana about his sterling qualities of leadership, about his outstanding contribution to our movement at every point of time and about the multi-dimensional activities of this gentle colossus. In short, he personified AIBEA. There cannot be a better acknowledgment of his services than to organise Blood Donation Camp on this day of his death anniversary. He was the life and soul of the AIBEA centre. His dedication to the cause and thoroughness of minutest details are unparalleled. In every dimension of work of AIBEA, he was indispensable. In movement, in agitation, in campaign, in negotiations, in settling differences and solving problems his unique contribution was visible. As an agitator, organiser, as a leader conversant with every sphere of Trade Union movement, his imprint was distinct. He was a comrade with clarity, with vision and a comrade who never knew tiredness. It is almost impossible to think of Central Office of AIBEA minus Parvana. His amiable disposition brought everybody near him and he became the closest friend, philosopher and guide of each and every bank employee. He was a man of the masses. He was a man of the Trade Union movement. He was a leader of the working class. He was a comrade who cannot be replaced. We all pay our great gratitude for his able, mature advice, dedicated service and unparalleled comradeship manifested all the years he lived.
He added, “We all know that donating blood is a social cause too. It is for the society also in which we all live.  Our struggles and sacrifices are not for the bank employees only but also for the general public. So, this is the best way to save lives too when someone is in urgent need of blood. Such donation of blood does not go useless. It is being used to save someone life.”   
From State Bank of Patiala Employees Union, A.K.Chhibber, Jagan Nath, Narkesar Rai, Parkash Singh, Surinder Mohan, Parveen Kumar & Ravi, from Associate Banks Officers’ Association, Mahesh Goyal, were among those present.