The only thing my friends in the public sector have going for them by way of justification is that the government should not go about putting figures to a plan of disinvestment. Every year, the finance minister fixes a figure during his budget speech by way of realisation from disinvestment. This year, it's Rs 10,000 crore, or about 2.5 billion US dollars. That will make the government look less silly and will also diminish the outcry that privatisation proceeds are being used to pad deficit. The time for discussion is over.
People are tired of figures, charges and counter-charges.
People are tired of delay, and of situations where a state owned hotel supplies everything from bed-sheets to a barber to the residence of a cabinet minister. People are tired of dialogue about 'why' when all it should be about is 'when'. That 'when' is now. And those, even an idiot knows, need curing quickly, or they will fester, which can lead to cutting out. For my money, either is welcome.