The following report in the Financial Express indicates how even the Communication Minister himself is favouring the private telecom companies. Whether it was Dayanidhi Maran, A.Raja or now Ravi Shankar Prasad, all are there to support the private telecom companies. granting undue favours. BSNL is the orphan. Even the Minister of Communications does not take any action to revive it, except declaring that “I will not allow BSNL and MTNL to die”. See the fraction of the report in the Financial Express below:

“Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today demanded dismissal of Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad alleging a conflict of interest that has prevented him from issuing a notice to Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio on 4G issue, a charge vehemently denied by Prasad saying he never gave advice or appeared for the company.

AAP leader and advocate Prashant Bhushan also alleged that Manish Tewari, who was a Union Minister in the previous UPA government, had a retainership contract with Reliance Industries.”  (Report from Financial Express)