The Bharat Earth Movers Employees’ Association (BEMEA) met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi earlier this month and sought priority for the Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML), a public sector undertaking, during the procurement of defence equipment and other components.
Addressing a press conference in Mysuru, president and general secretary of of BEMEA, Mysuru complex, Govind Reddy and Nagashayana respectively said the office bearers of BEMEA along with Kolar MP S. Muniswamy met Mr. Singh and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on August 2 and urged the Centre to drop the proposal of disinvestment through strategic sale that had been cleared by the Union Cabinet.
The BEMEA office-bearers have claimed that the Defence Minister, while acknowledging that BEML was a profit-making PSU, had assured them that the Centre will not carry out its strategic sale. Mr. Singh also promised to procure defence equipment and other critical components from BEML in consultation with the Defence Secretary, claimed the office bearers of BEMEA Mysuru complex here on Tuesday.
