Archive · 21 May 2025
AP Congress Chief Protests Alleged Privatization of Vizag Steel
The AP Congress chief, Y.S. Sharmila, is upset and started a protest in Visakhapatnam.
She believes the government is secretly trying to shut down and sell the Vizag Steel plant to big companies.
She's also angry because the state government hasn't kept its promise to protect the plant.
She claims the government is taking money away from the plant and making it weak.
Police later moved her and other protestors from the site.
She is fighting for the workers who lost their jobs and against the privatization of the plant.
AP Congress chief Y.S. Sharmila launched an indefinite strike in support of terminated contract workers of RINL-VSP.
Sharmila accused the BJP-led government of using a silent tactic to destabilize RINL-VSP.
She stated the government has conspired to weaken the steel plant to hand it over to corporate companies.
Sharmila criticized the state government for not fulfilling its election promises to save the steel plant.
City police cleared the protest site and shifted Sharmila and other agitators from the area.
- Who
- AP Congress chief Y.S. Sharmila Reddy
- What
- Launched an indefinite strike to support terminated contract workers and accused the BJP of trying to privatize Vizag Steel.
- When
- May 21, 2025
- Where
- Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
- Why
- To protest against the alleged attempts to destabilize and privatize the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited-Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (RINL-VSP).
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Privatization of Vizag Steel
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Accusation that the BJP is secretly destabilizing Vizag Steel to enable privatization, with the state government failing to protect it.
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- Organization
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited-Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (RINL-VSP)
- Protest Location
- Kurmannapalem, Visakhapatnam
- Allegation
- BJP-led government plans to privatize the steel plant.
- Protest Action
- Indefinite strike
- Target of Criticism
- BJP-led NDA government, Andhra Pradesh state government.