My Dear friends, "IBA REMINDS ME OF THE "SHIKHANDI" - A TYPICAL CHARACTER IN OUR EPIC MAHABHARATA " -- BY VIRTUE OF ITS IDENTITY...... WHO HAS BEEN PLAYING HAVOC WITH THE LIVES OF THE BANK WORKING CLASS IN GENERAL , AND THE FRATERNITY OF RETIREES IN PARTICULAR....... THE COMMENDABLE EFFORTS OF OUR FRIEND - VIZ: SRI M . S . SIDHU , AN OBC-RETIREE, WHO HAS BEEN ON HIS CRUSADE AS AN "ONE-MAN-ARMY" FOR THE CAUSE OF THE FRATERNITY OF BANK RETIREES. WHILE CONGRATULATING COM. SIDHU FOR HIS VALIANT EFFORTS WITH COURAGE, CONVICTION AND COMMITMENT, I REPRODUCE HIS LATEST COMMUNICATION ADDRESSED TO RBI dtd. 02 07 2018. -- CONTENTS ARE SELF -EXPLICIT. IT MAY NOT BE OUT OF CONTEXT IF I REITERATE MY STANCE THAT..... " We are forced to necessarily bank upon the time-consuming legal recourse which needs to be expedited simultaneously together with other organisational efforts like dharnas, CLC meetings, etc. In this regard, the pains-taking efforts of the leadership of All India Bank Retirees Federation- AIBRF, an apolitical organisation representing us , who have been making their relentless efforts unmindful of the humiliating/frustrating experiences at the behest of IBA and UFBU - The sole architects and copyright holders of their so called "Magnacarta" - ie. "Record Note" of 25th.May, 2015 in their bid to make us to stand before them as "beggers". Thus, we have been treated as “untouchables” both by the IBA and the Unions as well. Thus, we have been left with no other option but to knock the doors of justice for the redress of our legitimate grievances – -though burdensome, frustrating and time consuming." Being the signatories to the "historic "record note - the so called "Magna Carta", both IBA and UFBU have jointly stepped into the same shoes as our enemies creating "Road Blocks" in our struggle for justice. This letter of Sri Sidhu , assumes lot of importance and very much pertinent in the wake of the negative role being played by IBA/UFBU much detrimental to the interests of the Bank Retirees as a whole. CLICK THE FOLLOWING LINK FOR THE FULL TEXT OF THE LETTER DATED 2Nd. JULY, 2018 ADDRESSED TO RBI/IBA/MOF/PMO: BY OUR FRIEND VIZ: SRI M S SIDHU OF OBC. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vRnxRwO5VpCvND8lunTklCyU7grCgL6B/view