PDF extends support to relay fast by steel plant employees against privatisation
The Hindu
‘A resolution passed in the Assembly on the issue was not sent to Council’
Progressive Democratic Front (PDF) floor leader in the A.P. Legislative Council V. Balasubrahmanyam has extended support to the relay hunger strike being organised on the banner of the All Trade Unions, People’s Organisations Vizag Steel Plant and Public Sector Undertakings Protection Committee, at the Gandhi statue here on Sunday. Employees of the Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) participated in the 101st day of the relay hunger strike. The PDF leader, who is on a visit to the city, visited the camp and expressed solidarity. Addressing the participants, Mr. Balasubrahmanyam commended the workers and leaders of various trade unions, who were making sustained efforts to save the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP). He alleged that the adamant attitude of the Union government was an indication of its policies of privatisation and corporatisation of PSUs. The BJP leaders were trying to fool people by saying that there was no cause for worry as the VSP would remain in Visakhapatnam and it would not be closed down, he said.More Related News