VSP employees, trade union activists take part in ‘Maha Padayatra’
The Hindu
They demand continuation of the steel plant in the public sector
Scores of employees of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP), displaced persons and their families and trade unions’ representatives participated in the ‘Maha Padayatra’, organised under the aegis of the Visakha Ukku Parirakshana Porata Committee and the displaced persons’ association at Gajuwaka here on Sunday demanding the continuation of the VSP in the public sector. The participants raised slogans denouncing the decision of the BJP government to privatise the VSP and sought its continuation in the public sector. The union leaders recalled that the VSP was established after several struggles and 32 persons had lost their lives in the agitations that were held for its establishment in Visakhapatnam.More Related News