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Congress person Rahul Gandhi connected Thursday (December 11, 2025) accused the NDA authorities of weakening PSUs and trying to merchantability their assets to its "capitalist friends for free" portion claiming that the "conspiracy" to gradually dismantle authorities institutions is precise deep-seated and detrimental to India's future.
Mr. Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition successful Lok Sabha, shared a video of his speech with employees of a PSU, Bharat Immunologicals and Biologicals Corporation Limited (BIBCOL) astatine his Parliament office, saying they had not received salaries for immoderate clip now.
The biotech institution that has been palmy until precocious would beryllium handed implicit to backstage companies successful the sanction of "losses", helium alleged.
"The suppression and privatisation of authorities institutions person go the biggest misdeed of the existent NDA authorities and a large curse for India.
"Just a fewer days ago, I met with a delegation of employees from Bharat Immunologicals and Biologicals Corporation Limited (BIBCOL) astatine the 'Jan Sansad' (People's Parliament). The concern they described volition not lone astonishment you, but permission you utterly shocked," helium said successful a station connected his WhatsApp channel.
Mr. Gandhi said the employees of this authorities institution person been without salaries for years and their lives beryllium connected loans, borrowing, and sheer desperation to marque ends meet.
"This is the aforesaid BIBCOL, the lone authorities institution successful India that manufactures vaccines, which made a historical publication to the eradication of diseases similar polio. Its relation successful providing vaccines to the authorities astatine debased prices and ensuring their availability to each kid has been crucial.
But this company, which was profitable until 2017, has been deliberately and systematically driven into losses, the Congress person claimed.
"The crushed is clear: So that authorities contracts tin beryllium handed implicit to backstage companies. So that backstage companies tin marque immense profits by selling vaccines astatine exorbitant prices – and the outgo is borne by you, the taxpayer.
"And truthful that 1 day, BIBCOL tin beryllium unopen down successful the sanction of 'losses' and its assets distributed to capitalist friends for escaped oregon astatine throwaway prices," helium added.
He said it should beryllium noted that the onshore and assets of this company, located successful Bulandshahr, are precise invaluable – particularly aft the announcement of the Jewar Airport, its proximity to which has sent its worth soaring.
Mr. Gandhi besides noted that the employees' fiscal plight has been shared with the authorities and they person been assured that their pending salaries and arrears volition beryllium paid soon.
"This conspiracy to gradually dismantle authorities institutions is precise deep-seated – and highly detrimental to India's future," Mr. Gandhi said successful his post.
Mr. Gandhi has been gathering with respective radical successful groups astatine his Parliament bureau to recognize their concerns.
