FM's privatision proposals against national interest, says RSS ally BMS

Trade union says government didn't seek public opinion before announcing reforms for eight sectors

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s plan to increase privatisation in coal, defence manufacturing and six other sectors is against “national interest”, said the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), the trade union arm of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), on Saturday.

“Corporatisation and PPP (public private partnership) are the routes for privatisation, and privatisation is the route for foreignisation,” said the BMS, which has opposed changes in labour laws announced by some state governments.

The organisation said the privatisation decision was “a sad day for the nation and its people” and it was taken at a time when the country is batting the