My mission to make BSNL one of top companies in India: Prasad

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said state-owned BSNL is a strategic asset of the country and it was his mission to make it one of the top companies of India.

“….It ((BSNL) is a strategic asset of the country.

Standing in Tamil Nadu I need to recall when Chennai was suffering from huge floods… Ultimately who came to the rescue…. BSNL. When there was a great earthquake in Nepal and when Indians were stranded there, who gave free service? BSNL,” he said.

The Union Minister for Communication, Electronics & IT, Law & Justice was speaking after inaugurating the cable laying work for submarine optical fibre link from Chennai to Andaman & Nicobar Islands.