Govt selling assets in garb of disinvestment by evading Parliament oversight: Cong

Alleging a scam in the sale of public sector Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL), the Congress on Wednesday claimed the BJP government was evading parliamentary oversight to sell navratna companies in the garb of strategic disinvestment.

Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera asked the BJP government as to what was the allurement for "surreptitiously selling out" or "weakening" public-sector profit-making companies.

He also accused the BJP and the RSS of trying to divert people's attention to evade the "real issue" of economic slowdown
"Now, there's talk of strategic disinvestment in the garb of which a conspiracy is being hatched to rob the profit making companies in the public sector
"Director General of foreign trade is not allowing this company to take profits. It is being weakened, so it can also be sold later. The government is weakening companies and attacking jobs," he alleged