Even as the BJP Government has informed the parliament of privatizing Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana Government today came in support of Jagan Mohan Reddy Government to oppose it.
In a significant development, TRS working president and Minister for IT and Industries, KT Rama Rao today said that he will join the protests against the privatization of Vizag Steel. The IT and Industries minister further stated that if necessary I will go to Visakhapatnam and extend support to the agitators at the steel Plant. However, he gave a rider that the AP government has to come to the support of the Telangana Government in its fight against similar issues. We will support AP Government and it has to support us on such issues, KT Rama Rao remarked.
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He expressed concern that the Modi government may announce to privies BSNL, Singareni and other benefit-making PSUs, We cannot keep quiet on this as it will cause a huge job loss and through the staff and employees on to the roads, he expressed concern. Telangana will give all its support to its AP counterpart, which has to do so if any such companies are up for sale or privatization in the future, he said.
The Government will extend all support against the privatization bid of the center and make efforts to prevent it KTR maintained. By taking a nod from chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao I will go personally to Visakha and join the protests against the Vizag Steel Plant, KTR said.
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The Minister said that the government will start the Bayyaram steel plant on our own through SAIL though the Centre failed to give us the needed support and nod, he disclosed. It may be said here that soon after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman’s announcement on this protest erupted in Vizag as agitating staff and people confined its director Venugopal Rao for about six hours in the administrative office.
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