Visakhapatnam Steel Plant’s CITU President J. Ayodhya Ram said that the time has come for all the political parties in the state to fight unitedly against the privatization of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP).
He said the tenders were called for appointment of an asset valuer for the strategic disinvestment of RINL. A total of 10 bidders had participated in the bidding, out of which three were shortlisted.
In a statement on Thursday, Shri Ayodhya Ram recalled that following the announcement of 100% strategic sale of VSPs by the Centre, the Vishakha Ukku Parikshan Porata Samiti (VUPPC) has been protesting with the support of both the ruling and opposition parties.
Shri Ayodhya Ram recalled that resolutions were adopted in the Assembly and the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC). The chief minister had twice written to the prime minister seeking quashing of the decision on the strategic sale of VSPs, but the Center ignored them and appointed a transaction and legal advisor to go ahead with its decision.
He called upon the ruling YSRCP and all opposition parties to unitely oppose the Centre’s decision, and also called for a parallel mass movement to ‘protect the VSP’.