The UPA II government is aggressively moving with its disinvestment policy which the government of India started 20 years back on 24th July 1991 by starting to implement the neo-liberal policy of globalisation and privatisation. The Finance Minister who presented the LPG in 1991, Dr. Manmohan Singh is the present Prime Minister and wants to go ahead disregarding the opposition from the Left and the trade Unions.
Now it is the turn of the Port Trusts. Government wants to corporatise the port trusts which are directly under the government now. Government says that it will improve the functioning. But the people have understood what is the intention of corporatisation from the experience of VSNL, MTNL, BSNL etc. It is only to privatise later. That is why the unions in Port Trusts are strongly opposing the corporatisation move.
I completely support the struggle of the Port trust Unions against the corporatisation.