During protest rallies, all major parties in the state, the YSRCP, TDP, JSP have extended their support to VUPPC workers but BJP stayed away. BJP leaders have repeatedly stated that the Union government has decided to stop the disinvestment plans, but they failed to gain trust from the VSP employees. CM Ramesh, a former bureaucrat and BJP’s candidate for Anakapalli Lok Sabha Constituency, recently reiterated the same.