Shri. Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister for Communications & IT has stated in the Parliament that the unions will be consulted before any decision on revival of BSNL and MTNL, including merger of BSNL & MTNL, is taken. However, the Forum of unions/associations has not received any communication so far from the minister, though the Forum had written to the minister for a discussion on important issues much earlier.