VSP issue may impact chances of candidates in Zone VI
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Political parties blame one another for the present situation
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Political parties blame one another for the present situation
The Centre’s move to privatise the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP), the corporate entity of the RINL, is expected to have an impact on the prospects of the contesting candidates in the Zone VI in the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) elections, slated for March 10.
The State unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) tried to dissociate itself from the issue, and had even opposed it initially, while leaders of the ruling YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) and the Opposition Telugu Desam Party(TDP) are blaming each other for failing to exert pressure on the Centre over the years to allot captive mines for the VSP, which could have saved it from the present situation. Jana Sena Party (JSP), which has an alliance with the BJP in the State, does not want to antagonise the people on the issue. JSP president Pawan Kalyan wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to drop the proposal.Against this backdrop, all the political parties are worried over the fate of their candidates in the GVMC polls and are trying to send a strong signal to the people that they are against any move to privatise the VSP.