The chairman of the Visakha Ukku Parikshan Porata Committee (VUPPC), Ch. Narasimha Rao called upon all sections of people to participate in the struggle against privatization of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP).
The ongoing signature campaign to protest the BJP government’s decision on strategic sale of VSP was organized on February 2 at the statue of Alluri Sitarama Raju in Sitamdhara under the aegis of Alluri Walkers Club.
Addressing the gathering, Mr. Rao said that the Center is doing injustice to Andhra Pradesh by failing to implement the assurances given in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2014. It was planning to hand over public sector VSPs and other PSUs on a platter to private investors. , He called upon the public to support the ‘One Crore Signature Campaign’ and express their displeasure against the BJP government.
Alluri Narasimha Raju, president of Alluri Walkers Club, said it was unfortunate that captive mines were allotted to private companies, but they were not allotted to VSPs. They sought quashing of the strategic sale decision of VSP and allotment of private mines to it. General Secretary of Walkers Association Sanjiv Rao and Vice President V. Samba Murthy were present.
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