Shourie To Skip Interconnect Meet

Disinvestment minister Arun Shourie has decided to skip the October 5 meeting to break the deadlock on the interconnect deal between the Tata-controlled Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL) and state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL).

Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani had convened a meeting with finance minister Jaswant Singh, communications minister Pramod Mahajan and Shourie on September 24, but it remained inconclusive due to the Gujarat temple attack.