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The Vizianagaram Goldsmiths Association (Viswa Brahmin Swarnakara Sangham) president Bangaru Demullu and wide caput Tholeti Santosh connected Friday (May 22, 2026) asked the Union authorities to contented a caller clarification connected golden buying, to support workers who beryllium connected the jewellery-making sector.
Following a telephone by the association’s State president Karri Venumadhav, goldsmiths and workers astatine manufacturing units person been holding protests successful Rajam, Cheepurupalli, Vizianagaram and different places for the past week.
Speaking to the media here, Mr. Demullu said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s proposition not to bargain gold for a twelvemonth had dealt a stroke to the industry, which was already successful a slump due to the fact that of soaring prices of the yellowish metallic successful the planetary market.
Association representatives Manepalli Adinarayana, Appalabattula Somaraju, Kosuru Prasad and others asked the authorities to survey the socioeconomic conditions of goldsmiths, saying astir of them were starring a hard beingness aft the introduction of firm jewellery shops successful tier-3 cities and semi-urban areas.
The members submitted a memorandum to Vizianagaram MLA Aditi Vijaya Lakshmi Gajapathi Raju, asking her to convey their grievances to the government. They said the livelihood of astir 2,500 goldsmiths had been deed by a driblet successful orders aft the Prime Minister’s statement.
