NEW DELHI / AGARTALA, June 6 (TIWN): Congress on Thursday has slammed the Modi Govt for not allowing 5G in BSNL and leading both BSNL and MTNL’s slow deaths. Addressing media at AICC headquarter at New Delhi, Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera said, “Just before few years, we raised the issue of BSNL and MTNL through a press conference and discussed how BJP Govt’s wrong policy has been drowning the PSU which was developing and expanding profits. In UPA’s time Rs. 7,838 crores of profit was gained by MTNL. Our Govt (Congress) made it a profit making company, but if we see the loss only in 1 year (2019) you will see 3,390 crores of losses and the last 5 year’s loss cost of MTNL has been 11,208 crore”.Referring BSNL’s condition, Pawan Khera said, “16% of losses have been reported only in one year (2019). When company’s liability downed at Rs.14,601 crores and its assets are Rs. 9,918 crore. There are 45,000 employees whose salaries can not be given by the Government. We want to ask, why your (Govt’s) focus is not going in that direction ?”, Khera said.

 Referring BSNL’s condition, Pawan Khera said, “16% of losses have been reported in only one year (2019). When company’s liability downed at Rs.14,601 crores and its assets is Rs. 9,918 crore”.

“There are 45,000 employees whose salaries can not be given by the Government. We want to ask, why your (Govt’s) focus is not going in that direction ?”, Khera said.

“How has a profit-making-company turned in a loss-making-company ? Where is the fault line in your policy ? What wrong with your policy that a company which was comfortably profiting under Congress era, in your time it is registering losses each year ? Find out the faults of your neeti.......... Why aren’t you allowing BSNL to go above 3G?  They have infrastructure ! But you have tied their hands and legs and then expecting that they will perform…..how is it possible ?”

“Why their hands are being tied ?”, he asked.

He further charged the Modi Govt for pushing BSNL towards slow-death. The Congress leader also demanded re-capitalization of BSNL.

Tension of BSNL is also affecting Tripura BSNL employees for uncertain future.