Govt not planning disinvestment in BSNL for now: Pilot

Priority to get PSU out of red

PTI | January 25, 2011



Ruling out possibility of disinvestment in the state owned BSNL in near future, Union Minister of State for Communication and IT, Sachin Pilot today said that presently the government's priority is to get this company out of red.

"There was no disinvestment going on in BSNL and we are working towards strengthening its financial condition, so that it can make up its earlier losses," Pilot told reporters on the sidelines of a function.

"In this government company, any step of disinvestment will only be taken after taking the consent of lakhs of its employees," he said.

"We want that whenever BSNL's disinvestment takes place, it should get the highest value so that the common people gets benefit out of it," he said.

Terming the demand of a JPC inquiry into the 2G scam as unreasonable, Pilot said that the government has already handed over its probe to the concerned agencies.

He assured that after the probe, those found guilty in the 2G scam, irrespective of their position, will not be spared.

 

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