People's Democracy

Comrade R Pious D’silva

COMRADE R Pious D’silva, president CITU, Andaman & Nicobar state committee expired at Chennai on November 16, 2006. He was undergoing treatment for cancer for the last six months. The cremation was held at Port Blair on November 17. Comrade D’silva leaves behind his wife and four children. He was 67 years.

Comrade R Pious D’silva was the general secretary of the Non-Gazetted Government Officers’ Association, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and subsequently its president. He had participated in a number of movements conducted by the government employees and workers in the Islands. 

After the retirement from government service, he became the president of the CITU state committee. He was also a member of the South Andaman zonal committee of the CPI(M) and secretary, Port Blair local committee at the time of his death. He was very popular among government employees and workers in the Islands.

In his death, the trade union movement in the Islands has lost a dedicated leader. (INN)