George, Naik, Joshi discuss disinvestment of oil PSUs

NEW DELHI: The controversial issue of disinvestment of oil PSUs is believed to have come up for discussion on Wednesday at a high level meeting of NDA convenor and Defence Minister George Fernandes, Petroleum Minister Ram Naik and Human Resource Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi.
The three Ministers, who had earlier taken a stand against privatisation of PSUs through strategic route, on Wednesday met for about half an hour at the residence of Joshi.
None of the participants commented on the deliberations after the meeting which assumes significance in the backdrop of an RSS function scheduled for later in the day.
According to reports RSS Chief K S Sudarshan may use the opportunity to spell out the Sangh Parivar''s stand on the disinvestment issue.
The Disinvestment Ministry''s efforts to push ahead with privatisation of oil PSUs Hindustan Petroleum and Bharat Petroleum have met with stiff resistance from the anti-privatisation lobby