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The ongoing fight against the central government's decision to privatise the iconic Vizag Steel Plant has just got a big boost from unexpected quarters. ....
VSP on the boil as employees picket Administrative Office, gherao officials Updated: Updated: Share Article Protesters blocking the highway in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak Thousands of people, including workers, employees, displaced persons and their families, marched to the Administrative Office Building of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) and picketed it on Tuesday morning on the call given by the Visakha Steel Plant Parirakshana Porata Committee. It’s learnt that except the A shift workers and officers, who reached their workspots by 6 a.m., none others could attend to their duties due to the agitation. Many of the workers came out and joined the agitation, while only the officers and a few workers were left in the plant, according to trade union sources. ....
Question those who sold Vijaya Dairy, Somu tells scribes Updated: Updated: ‘Committed to Visakha Ukku slogan’ Share Article AAA BJP State president Somu Veerraju and secretary S. Vishnuvardhan Reddy addressing the media in Anantapur on Monday. ‘Committed to Visakha Ukku slogan’ BJP State president Somu Veerraju on Monday criticised the TDP, the YSRCP and the Left parties in Andhra Pradesh for organising protests against the proposed disinvestment of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) and said that his party had no doubt in extending support to the ‘Visakha Ukku, Andhrula Hakku’ slogan. While answering the queries pertaining to the Central government’s move to divest its stake in the VSP at a media conference here, a visibly irritated Mr. Veerraju asked the journalists to question ‘those parties who had sold the Vijaya Dairy, the pride of Andhra Pradesh.’ ....
Bandh against move to privatise VSP evokes mixed response Updated: Updated: Impact conspicuous in industrial areas such as Kurmannapalem, Gajuwaka Share Article AAA YSRCP leaders V. Vijaya Sai Reddy, M. Srinivasa Rao, and K. Kannababu taking out a rally opposing the decision to privatise VSP, in Visakhapatnam on Friday. | Photo Credit: K.R. DEEPAK Impact conspicuous in industrial areas such as Kurmannapalem, Gajuwaka The State bandh called against the Union government’s move to privatise Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) evoked mixed response in the city and district on Friday. The bandh call was given by trade unions, political parties barring the BJP, and people’s organisations under the banner of Visakha Ukku Parirakshana Porata Committee. ....