A relay hunger strike was launched by representatives of various trade unions against the privatization of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) at Gandhi statue, near GVMC, here on Friday.
Trade union leaders said that VSP has done business of ₹ 18,000 crore this year despite the state of the epidemic. Interest was also being paid on loans taken from banks. He wondered what the Center thought about privatizing the plant. The Center has no right to entrust PSUs to corporate entities.
He informed that the beach walk will be organized on April 4 and a hunger strike will be organized on April 18 with the participation of the public and farmers. He also demanded that the state government should pressurize the Center to withdraw its decision to privatize the VSP.
Earlier, trade union leaders garlanded the statue of Mahatma Gandhi and raised slogans against privatization and demanded the continuation of VSP in the public sector. He also shouted slogans of ‘Visakha Ukku – Andherula Hakku’.
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