After MTNL, whose MD, RSP Sinha was asked to step down recently, it is now the turn of BSNL's board members and senior leadership to face scrutiny. According to SNEA (Sanchar Nigam Executive Association) the leadership is responsible for poor performance in terms of rapid erosion of market share, revenues and profitability. BSNL's executive unions are questioning the qualifications, delivery and motivation of the company's senior leadership, blaming it for the public sector telecom giant's rapidly declining financial health. Experts highlight that falling revenues and profitability will also lower the company's valuations at the time of divestment, which accentuates the seriousness of the leadership debate. BSNL executives further allege that the government nominees on the board play multiple roles in the DoT, representing a conflict of interest. In some cases, they are responsible for regulating BSNL's competitors in the DoT, while participating in BSNL's commercial well being as members of its board, which prevents them from doing either job effectively.