BMS opposes Air India sale, asks Govt to revisit decision

RSS-affiliate Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) on Tuesday opposed Air India sale, and urged the government to think over this decision.

“Ever since inception, public sector undertakings have been the driver of growth and value creation. Perhaps they are the only enterprises in India that fulfilled all the objectives laid out according to the Industrial Policy Resolution of 1956,” a BMS statement said.

The union also said that it is unfortunate that they (PSUs) are being sold in the name of resource mobilization to fund social spending.

The union is of the view that selling PSU to private players is not going to help the government in mobilizing resources and funding social spending because privatization does not free the Government from its responsibilities.