But the Left says that it has stalled all reforms… they have not allowed you to divest a single public sector unit…
You are assuming that disinvestment is equal to reforms. Now I don't believe that disinvestment is equal to reforms. What does the NCMP say? Public sector companies can go to the capital market to raise capital, which has happened in the last four years.
NCMP says that chronic loss-making companies can be sold. We have sold one or two or are in the process of selling one or two which are chronic loss-making.
Therefore I don't agree with your assumption that disinvestment is equal to reforms and that if the government does not do disinvestment it is anti-reform. That is a very myopic and a very narrow approach.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, deputy chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia (left extreme), Railway Minister Lalu Prasad (second from left), and Finance Minister P Chidambaram. | Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
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