Nearly three lakh BSNL employees are on indefinite strike from Tuesday morning. They are protesting Sam Pitroda panel's recommendations, which suggested voluntary retirement to one lakh staff and 30 per cent disinvestment as part of improving the financial health of the PSU.<br/><br/>The strike call has been given by a joint forum of unions that has both executives and non-executives as members. The convenor of the Joint Action Committee of BSNL Associations and Unions VAN Namboodiri said that the strike has been peaceful so far but calls to and from BSNL network could be hit.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, BSNL's Chairman and Managing Director Kuldeep Goyal said to ensure services are not affected, they are working on a contingency plan with over 10,000 senior staff, who are not participating in the strike.<br/><br/>