Political parties show double standard in VSP issue: porata committee leaders

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Visakha Ukku Parirakshana Porata Committee leaders and activists connected Sunday (November 23) reiterated that governmental enactment leaders, particularly their chiefs, are making treble standards connected RINL-Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (RINL-VSP) issue. They marque 1 connection earlier elections, and past instrumentality a wholly other presumption erstwhile they travel to power. Recent incidents are immoderate examples, they added.

Politicians had promised them that they would prevention the alloy works if voted to power, but present they person joined hands with the BJP astatine the Centre to dilatory weaken the alloy plant, they said astatine the porata deeksha campy held astatine Gandhi statue other GVMC main bureau astatine Dwarakanagar here.

They alleged that the BJP authorities astatine the Centre changed its code connected the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant arsenic soon arsenic it came to powerfulness and was making mendacious statements. Efforts should beryllium made to stitchery indispensable enactment from nationalist to instrumentality the wide movements further.

Committee chairperson D. Adinarayana and different elder leaders, including Mantri Rajasekhar, J. Ayodhya Ramu, R.S.V. Kumar among others appealed to leaders and activists of each governmental parties to enactment together. They urged them to enactment for a azygous docket of redeeming the Vizag Steel Plant from the clutches of corporates.

“Merger of RINL-VSP successful Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) is the lone viable enactment that the authorities tin instrumentality to revive the alloy works and bring it backmost to its archetypal state. At the aforesaid time, the authorities should besides allocate captive mines to trim the outgo of accumulation and marque the merchandise disposable astatine debased prices for authorities projects and the radical of the country,” the leaders said.

Meanwhile, writer Tulsi Chandu, who visited the protestation tract connected Sunday, said that arsenic a journalist, she does not enactment immoderate governmental enactment erstwhile it comes to penning down quality astir the VSP. Her volition and extremity is to uncover the facts of the alloy works and its existent presumption to the authorities and the people.

The improvement of the State depends connected jobs for the youth. Industrial units similar the VSP are 1 of the biggest platforms that supply employment and livelihood to people. The alloy works came into beingness arsenic a effect of the sacrifices of 32 people, but present the State and Union governments are not taking these facts into consideration, she lamented. She besides demanded that each governmental parties and leaders enactment unneurotic for the extortion of the VSP by exerting unit connected the State and Union governments.

Published - November 23, 2025 06:58 p.m. IST

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