Comrade Tapan Sen, Member of Parliament and General Secretary, CITU, in a letter to Prime Minister has strongly protested against the adverse comments in the Planning Commission report tarnishing Bharat Heavy Electronics Ltd (BHEL), a Navaratna company, comparing with a Chinese firm and demanded deletion of the same.
BHEL is a profitable company and with a good performance all these years. It is not understood what is the intention of maligning such a PSU. Of course it is part of the government policy to malign its own companies, the PSUs and praise the private companies.
Com. Tapan Sen wrote: ” The report is shocking, besides being ill-intentioned, as it reflects deliberate maligning and tarnishing the image of a Navaratna company owned by the Union Government in public, by an authority appointed by the same government.”
He also pointed out that the independent analyses conducted has clearly shown that BHEL in no way is inferior to the Chinese or any other company. He demanded an inquiry in the matter.