INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Nirmala Sitharaman has accused previous Congress regime of turning BSNL into a loss making entityNew Delhi: Finance minister Nirmala
was responding to allegations of Shiv Sena member Arvind Sawant in Lok Sabha on Tuesday that the government was killing state-owned BSNL and
we are giving (the company) money to buy 4G spectrum and become competitive," she said while intervening during a discussion on general
budget in the lower house.BSNL, she said "lost full ten years" because of the treatment meted out to it by the previous Congress government
"There was 2G exploitation because of which BSNL lost out..
did not have money to pay salaries, she said, adding that the NDA government provided funds so that the company could come out with a
voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) and clear dues of its employees.The Modi government has given money to the company to buy 4G spectrum, she
