YSRCP will raise VSP issue in Parliament, says Vijaya Sai
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YSRCP nationwide common secretary and MP V. Vijaya Sai Reddy has mentioned that the celebration will raise the issue of privatisation of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) through the monsoon session of the Parliament, aside from staging protests in New delhi in opposition to the choice of the BJP-led Central authorities.
“From the very beginning, the YSRCP has been against the privatisation of the steel plant and we stick to that stand even now,” Mr. Vijaya Sai Reddy instructed the Media right here on Wednesday.
The MP mentioned the YSRCP would method all allies of the NDA authorities and the Floor Leaders of the Opposition events in each the homes earlier than elevating the issue. “Protests will be staged inside the Parliament and in New Delhi. We have spoken to all trade union leaders irrespective of party affiliations, and the employees of the VSP. All will be in Delhi during the Parliament session and a two-day protest will be staged at the Jantar Mantar,” he mentioned.
The MP identified {that a} decision in opposition to the privatisation transfer had been handed in the Assembly and communicated to the Centre. “We will fix appointments with Union Minister for Steel Ram Chandra Prasad Singh and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. We, along with the trade union leaders and the leaders of VSP struggle committee, will apprise them of the situation,” he mentioned, including that privatising loss making items will not be an answer and making them worthwhile ought to be the imaginative and prescient of the Centre.
He reiterated that the VSP may very well be become a worthwhile PSU, if the loans had been transformed into fairness to cut back the debt and curiosity burden, and captive iron mines had been allotted. “The mines need not be allotted in Chhattisgarh or Bihar. There is sufficient iron ore reserve in Salur of Vizianagaram district. We will try to impress upon the Centre on this,” he mentioned.
Merger proposal
He mentioned the merger of the VSP with NMDC or SAIL, could be proposed in the Parliament. Tourism Minister M. Srinivasa Rao mentioned a gathering was held with the union leaders and future motion plan was mentioned. Trade union leaders together with Ch. Adinarayana (AITUC), Mantri Rajsekhar (INTUC) and Ayodhya Ram (CITU) mentioned they’d be a part of the protest in New Delhi.
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