Government trying to appoint someone from the private sector as the CMD BSNL?

It appears that, the Government is trying to appoint someone from the private sector as the CMD BSNL. On 27-03-2025, The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) conducted selection for the post of the CMD BSNL. 10 officers, including the Director(CM), BSNL Board, appeared in this selection. Surprisingly, no one was selected. In all the previous selections for CMD BSNL, the PESB selected any one candidate as the CMD BSNL. This is the first time, that the PESB did not select anyone. Further, the PESB has also advised the DoT to take appropriate course of action for the appointment of the CMD BSNL. It is very important to note that the government has adopted the same procedure in the case of HPCL( Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd) also. Selection was conducted by the PESB to select the chairman of HPCL. No one was selected. Then, the government appointed Vikas Kaushal from the private sector as the CMD of HPCL. Government is calling this procedure as "Lateral Entry". Now, the widespread apprehension is that, through the "Lateral Entry" system, government may appoint someone from the private sector as the CMD BSNL. The government is adopting various methods to weaken the Public Sector of this country. Appointing private sector persons as the "Heads" of the PSUs is also one such method to kill the Public Sector.