Having persuaded the government to put off the disinvestment of oil sector PSUs for the time being, Union defence minister George Fernandes is all set to exert more pressure on the government to have a re-look at the economic policies.
The deliberations at the two-hour informal meeting among senior ministers presided by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee mark the beginning of a new phase in which Fernandes, in his capacity as the NDA convenor, will have a greater influence in fashioning the government