The President, Pratibha Patil issued orders on 21st December suspending B.S.Lalli, Chief Executive Officer,  Prasar Bharti on charges of irregularities, misbehaviour etc. The allegations are connected with the allotment of broadcasting rights in the Commonwealth Games also.

But it was only after the Delhi High Court seriously and adversely commented upon the CEO, that action has been taken. The fact is that the CEOs etc. are selected not on the merits but on extraneous considerations. The Public Sectors are not the priorities of the Government. The government inaction has resulted in three vacancies being unfilled in the BSNL, one of the biggest PSUs in the country for more than half a year. The post of Director(Finance) is vacant for about two years! What has happened to the PSUs ‘The Temples of Modern India’ as per Pandit Jawaharlal,  under the UPA-II Government ! The NDA government raised the infamous slogan ‘Business is not the business of the Government’. UPA government is following it faithfully, rather more aggressively than the NDA.