Pawan Kalyan Slams CM on Privatisation of VSP, Gangavaram Port
1 year, 4 months ago

Pawan Kalyan Slams CM on Privatisation of VSP, Gangavaram Port

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Jana Sena leader Pawan Kalyan on Sunday slammed the YSRC government for not making serious efforts to save Visakhapatnam Steel Plant from privatisation or getting captive mines for its survival. Addressing a public meeting at the industrial town of Gajuwaka, Pawan Kalyan said the chief minister had 151 MLAs and 30 MPs and yet he was unable to pressurise the government to sanction mines or stop privatisation. "They are asking me to talk to the Central government but I have no backing from MPs to take forward my demand," Pawan said. Speaking about the importance of the steel plant, Pawan said 30,000 people are employed and the plant used to earn 30 per cent of the state's GDP.

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BSP stands strong with Visakhapatnam Steel Plant in its fight against privatisation, says MP Ramji Gautam
3 weeks, 1 day ago

BSP stands strong with Visakhapatnam Steel Plant in its fight against privatisation, says MP Ramji Gautam

The Hindu  

The Bahujan Samaj Party on Sunday expressed its solidarity with Visakhapatnam Steel Plant and its employees in the fight against privatisation, said BSP national co-ordinator and MP Ramji Gautam, while promising to spread awareness on the issue and raise the workers’ concerns in the Parliament. The BSP stands with you.” “The Bhartiya Janata Party, is disregarding the Constitution, promoting divisive …

RINL Is a Matter of Pride for the TD: Ganta
3 months, 1 week ago

RINL Is a Matter of Pride for the TD: Ganta

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam:Bheemili MLA Ganta Srinivasa Rao has emphasised that the RINL privatisation holds significant sentimental value for the people of Andhra Pradesh and is a matter of pride for the TD. Speaking to the media after visiting the Simhachalam temple on Monday, Srinivasa Rao conveyed TD’s position regarding RINL privatisation in response to the statements made by the YSRC leaders. Murthy …

CPI(M) stages Maha Dharna to ‘save’ Steel Plant in Andhra’s Visakhapatnam
3 months, 1 week ago

CPI(M) stages Maha Dharna to ‘save’ Steel Plant in Andhra’s Visakhapatnam

The Hindu  

The Visakhapatnam district committee of CPI organised a Maha Dharna at Gajuwaka Junction here on Sunday demanding that the RINL-Visakhapatnam Steel Plant be saved from a deplorable financial situation and not be privatised under any circumstances. Srinivasa Rao were among those who led the protest, which started at 9 a.m. and ended at 1 p.m. Raising slogans against Prime Minister …

YSRC committed to protecting Vizag Steel Plant, asserts Senior YSRC leader Botcha Satyanarayana
3 months, 1 week ago

YSRC committed to protecting Vizag Steel Plant, asserts Senior YSRC leader Botcha Satyanarayana

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: Emphasising that the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited should not be privatised under any circumstances, Leader of Opposition in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council, Botcha Satyanarayana assured that the YSRC is committed to fighting for its protection. Speaking to the media at the Visakhapatnam camp office on Sunday, Botcha questioned the NDA government’s stance on the steel plant and termed …

Will resign if RINL is not safeguarded: Palla Srinivas Rao
3 months, 1 week ago

Will resign if RINL is not safeguarded: Palla Srinivas Rao

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Telugu Desam state president and Gajuwaka MLA Palla Srinivasa Rao said he would resign if he fails to safeguard the Visakha Steel Plant. Meanwhile, Bheemili MLA Ganta Srinivasa Rao, who visited the Simhachalam Varaha Narasimha Swamy temple on Saturday, has targeted YSRC leader V. Vijayasai Reddy for his tweet against the TD leaders on RINL privatisation and asked why …

Centre not making sincere efforts to revive Vizag steel plant, says CPI(M)
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Centre not making sincere efforts to revive Vizag steel plant, says CPI(M)

The Hindu  

The Communist Party of India- Marxist has made a renewed appeal to the Union government for allocation of captive mines to the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant. In a statement on Wednesday, CPI State secretary V. Srinivasa Rao said that the Bharatiya Janata Party -led National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre was not making any sincere efforts to keep its promise …

Andhra Pradesh: NDA policies led to crisis in Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, says CITU leader
5 months ago

Andhra Pradesh: NDA policies led to crisis in Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, says CITU leader

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhpatnam: Centre of Indian Trade Unions national general secretary Tapan Sen sought to make it clear that it is the policies of the NDA government at the centre that have led to the present crisis of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant. Tapan Sen said the central government could come to the rescue of VSP by merging its holding company RINL with …

I’m committed to protecting Visakhapatnam Steel Plant: CM Naidu
5 months, 1 week ago

I’m committed to protecting Visakhapatnam Steel Plant: CM Naidu

New Indian Express  

VISAKHAPATNAM: Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has asserted that he is committed to strengthening Visakhapatnam Steel Plant. Speaking at Darlapudi in Anakapalle district after inspecting the Polavaram Left Canal works on Thursday, he said they have kept all options open to protect the steel plant. On the irrigation sector, the Chief Minister asserted that every acre of land in North …

Centre is committed to resolving issues between A.P. and Telangana, says Union Minister of State
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Centre is committed to resolving issues between A.P. and Telangana, says Union Minister of State

The Hindu  

Union Minister of State for Steel and Heavy Industries Bhupathiraju Srinivasa Varma asserted that the issues between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana arising from the A.P. Reorganisation Act, 2014 were hanging fire for over a decade due to the negligence of the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana governments headed by the YSR Congress Party and Bharat Rashtra Samithi respectively. Addressing the media …

Vizag Steel Plant will remain in public sector: TD chief
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Vizag Steel Plant will remain in public sector: TD chief

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: The Visakhapatnam Steel Plant would remain in the public sector, state Telugu Desam president Palla Srinivasa Rao said here on Friday. Talking to Deccan Chronicle, on the crisis the steel plant was facing for the past seven years, Srinivasa Rao said the state government would not allow privatisation of the plant. We are proposing a `8,000 crore equity package …

Revoke decision on strategic sale of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant and allot captive mines, JAC urges Union government
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Revoke decision on strategic sale of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant and allot captive mines, JAC urges Union government

The Hindu  

The Trade Unions and People’s Organisations JAC of Visakhapatnam district has demanded that the Centre issue a statement revoking its decision on strategic sale of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant. The JAC leaders held a meeting at the CITU office here on Friday, and held discussions on what they called ‘deceitful measures being implemented by the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre …

Come clear on privatisation of steel plants, Congress urges Kumaraswamy
6 months, 1 week ago

Come clear on privatisation of steel plants, Congress urges Kumaraswamy

The Hindu  

The Congress on June 11 posed a series of questions to the new Steel Minister, H.D. In a statement, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said Mr. Kumaraswamy is the new Steel Minister in a “rusted” government, and posed a set of five questions relating to steel plants in Visakhapatnam, Salem, Nagarnar, Bhadrawati and Durgapur. negligence’ Mr. Ramesh said the previous …

TDP's Kinjarapu Ram Mohan gets Aviation, MoS Steel for Varma
6 months, 1 week ago

TDP's Kinjarapu Ram Mohan gets Aviation, MoS Steel for Varma

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: A day after three MPs from Andhra Pradesh were inducted into Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Cabinet, as expected, three-time Srikakulam MP Kinjarapu Ram Mohan was allotted the Union Civil Aviation portfolio, while first-time Guntur MP Dr Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar was appointed as Minister of State for Rural Development and Communication. The decision to allocate the portfolios of MoS Heavy …

Nobody can stop VSP privatisation if NDA candidates win elections, says Jagan
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Nobody can stop VSP privatisation if NDA candidates win elections, says Jagan

The Hindu  

Making it clear that the YSRCP is against the privatisation of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Addressing the gathering during his election campaign in favour of YSRCP nominees Gudivada Amarnath and Botcha Jhansi in Gajuwaka on May 7, Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy said that victory of the alliance candidate would mean that people of this constituency …

Candidates at loggerheads over parties’ stand on Visakhapatnam Steel Plant
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Candidates at loggerheads over parties’ stand on Visakhapatnam Steel Plant

The Hindu  

Gajuwaka Assembly constituency candidates Gudivada Amarnath and Palla Srinivasa Rao are at loggerheads over BJP’s stand on Visakhapatnam Steel Plant privatisation. Addressing an election campaign meeting here on his Assembly segment manifesto with the cadre and also representatives from the steel plant, Mr. Amarnath said, “I am ready to withdraw from the contest and also pave the way for the …

Jagan Offers Full Support To Unions Against VSP Privatisation
8 months ago

Jagan Offers Full Support To Unions Against VSP Privatisation

Deccan Chronicle  

Jagan Mohan Reddy has told union leaders of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant that his party and government will give full support to them in their fight against the privatisation of the organisation. VSP union leaders explained to the CM the move of central government to privatise the steel plant on grounds including incurring losses and facing shortage of raw materials. …

It’s time TDP and BJP made their stand clear on privatisation of Vizag steel plant, says Jagan
8 months ago

It’s time TDP and BJP made their stand clear on privatisation of Vizag steel plant, says Jagan

The Hindu  

Reiterating that the YSR Congress Party has always opposed the privatisation of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Narasinga Rao submitted a representation to Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy on the plight of the steel plant and the prompt action need to be taken by the Union and the State governments. Addressing the VUPPC team, Mr. Jagan Mohan …

Naidu Promises to Protect Vizag Steel Plant
8 months, 1 week ago

Naidu Promises to Protect Vizag Steel Plant

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Telugu Desam supremo N. Chandrababu Naidu said he will take the help of his alliance partners and protect the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant from privatisation. Addressing his Prajagalam meeting at Gajuwaka on Sunday evening, Naidu said it is the agitation by Telugu Desam, which put pressure on the central government to withdraw the proposals for privatising the VSP.“I myself addressed …

Central, State governments trying to kill VSP, alleges CPI-M leader
9 months ago

Central, State governments trying to kill VSP, alleges CPI-M leader

The Hindu  

CPI Anakapalli district committee secretary K. Lokanadham has alleged that the Central and State governments are trying to kill Visakhapatnam Steel Plant. In a statement issued here on Thursday, Mr. Lokanadham said that the Centre had not allotted captive mines, did not give ₹5,000 crore working capital and was not filling up the vacant posts in the plant. While 250 …

VSP Agitators Ask PM Clarify Stand on Steel Plant Before Elections
9 months, 2 weeks ago

VSP Agitators Ask PM Clarify Stand on Steel Plant Before Elections

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Over a thousand Visakhapatnam Steel Plant employees led by trade union leaders cutting across political affiliations took out a huge rally from the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant to Mahatma Gandhi statue near RTC Complex in the heart of the city on Sunday, the 1,116th day of their agitation, covering a distance of 23 kilometres. Former Gajuwaka MLA and Visakhapatnam district …

Steel plant privatisation will not happen now: GVL
1 year, 2 months ago

Steel plant privatisation will not happen now: GVL

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: BJP leader and Rajysa Sabha member G.V.L. Narasimha has said the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant privatisation would not happen as there are strong uncertainties about it. “Many mistakes were committed and it is unfair to blame Prime Minister Modi.” “We shall take the issue to the notice of Prime Minister Modi,’’ Rao said and added that it was not only …

CM Interested in N Andhra Lands, Not in Development: PK
1 year, 4 months ago

CM Interested in N Andhra Lands, Not in Development: PK

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Jana Sena president Pawan Kalyan has alleged that Chief Minister Y.S. Accompanied by a large number of followers, Pawan Kalyan on Monday visited the Visannapeta lands spread over 600 acres in the Bayyavaram revenue village under Anakapalli district. Speaking to the media at the disputed site, Pawan Kalyan said the YSRC government was having a single-point agenda, namely of …

Key Left leaders put under house arrest in Kurnool, Anantapur to thwart protests against privatisation of Vizag Steel Plant
1 year, 7 months ago

Key Left leaders put under house arrest in Kurnool, Anantapur to thwart protests against privatisation of Vizag Steel Plant

The Hindu  

The State police put key Communist Party of India, CPI leaders, along with leaders of other trade unions, under house arrest in undivided Kurnool and Anantapur districts on Wednesday ahead of their proposed dharna at Tapovanam Junction on National Highway 44 in Anantapur and Ballari Junction in Kurnool. However, the police immediately rounded up all the activists who raised slogans …

Forget VSP, revive NSF, set up steel plant at Bayyaram: Kishan tells KCR
1 year, 8 months ago

Forget VSP, revive NSF, set up steel plant at Bayyaram: Kishan tells KCR

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Union tourism minister G. Kishan Reddy said that the BRS government had no moral right to comment on the divestment of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant. Instead, Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao would be doing a favour for the people of the state if the government took over the Nizam Sugar Factory, which he promised to do within 100 days …

Vizag Steel Plant workers protest privatisation move
1 year, 8 months ago

Vizag Steel Plant workers protest privatisation move

Hindustan Times  

Hyderabad Hundreds of employees of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant took out a foot march on Saturday, protesting against the Centre’s stubborn stand on privatisation. Hundreds of employees of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited, also known as Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, on Saturday took out a padayatra protesting against the Centre’s stubborn stand on privatisation of the steel plant. Meanwhile, the RINL management on …

RINL disinvestment under progress, says steel ministry
1 year, 8 months ago

RINL disinvestment under progress, says steel ministry

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: The disinvestment process of the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited, the corporate entity of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, has not been frozen, the Union ministry of steel clarified on Friday, a day after Union minister of state for steel Faggan Singh Kulaste had made conflicting statements about it. "After the Chief Minister intervened and decided to bid in the EOI, the …

VSP's EOI call for buying its steel, not the plant: BJP
1 year, 8 months ago

VSP's EOI call for buying its steel, not the plant: BJP

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The BJP on Tuesday dismissed the Telangana state government’s move to “acquire” the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant and “prevent its privatisation” calling the announcement, and the ongoing visit to the VSP by a team of officials from Singareni Collieries Company Limited a blatant lie. The BJP declared that the VSP was never for sale and all that the Rashtriya Ispat …

BRS to fight against VSP's privatisation, says its AP chief
1 year, 8 months ago

BRS to fight against VSP's privatisation, says its AP chief

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: AP BRS chief Dr. Thota Chandrasekhar said his party will fight against the privatisation of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant. The AP BRS chief said the Modi government is planning to handover the shore-based steel plant to his friends Adani and Jindal on a platter. He charged that Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited, the holding company of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, has been …

YSRC govt to lead VSP agitation: Subba Reddy
1 year, 10 months ago

YSRC govt to lead VSP agitation: Subba Reddy

Deccan Chronicle  

Vishakapatnam: The steel township saw thousands of agitators gathering at the Trishna Grounds on Monday, in a protest against the central government's plans for privatisation of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant. “Our only agenda is to keep the steel plant as a public sector undertaking,’’ Subba Reddy said. Committee chairman and INTUC leader Mantri Rajasekhar said they have blocked the entry …

Steel plant staff to boycott work on day Modi lands in Vizag
2 years, 1 month ago

Steel plant staff to boycott work on day Modi lands in Vizag

Deccan Chronicle  

VISAKHAPATNAM: On Friday, November 11, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi lands in Visakhapatnam, over 10,000 workers of RINL-Visakhapatnam Steel Plant will be boycotting duties to put on record their differences with centre on its plan to disinvest its share in the prestigious steel plant. Incidentally, Friday’s boycott of work will be the 639th protest VSP workers will be holding ever …

Future of Vizag Steel Plant lies with Jagan Govt: TD MLAs
2 years, 3 months ago

Future of Vizag Steel Plant lies with Jagan Govt: TD MLAs

Deccan Chronicle  

VISHAKAPATNAM: The 13 Telugu Desam MLAs suspended from the assembly on the second consecutive day of the monsoon session on Friday asserted that full responsibility for the future of Vizag Steel Plant lay with the YSRC government. “Forget about the Vizag plant, the YSRC demanded a steel plant in Kadapa, but not a single representation on these went to the …

10 bidders in fray for valuing Vizag Steel assets
2 years, 8 months ago

10 bidders in fray for valuing Vizag Steel assets

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Privatisation of Vizag Steel Plant seems to be inevitable as the Centre is moving fast on preparing for disinvestment. The bidders include AAA Valuation Professionals LLP, ADROIT Appraisers and Research Pvt Ltd, Amit Kumar Kankane, Bhavin R Patel, CPA Valuation Advisors Pvt Ltd, GAA Advisory LLP, GTech Valuers Pvt Ltd, RBSA Valuation Advisors LLP, Resolute Valuers and Consultants Pvt …

Pawan Kalyan Asks YSRCP To Urge Centre To Reverse Decision On Vizag Steel Plant Privatisation
3 years ago

Pawan Kalyan Asks YSRCP To Urge Centre To Reverse Decision On Vizag Steel Plant Privatisation

ABP News  

Hyderabad: Jana Sena Party Chief Pawan Kalyan has asked the YSRCP to lead an all-party delegation to Delhi to persuade the Centre to reverse its decision to privatise the Vizag steel factory. Pawan slammed the YSRCP's "indifferent attitude" regarding the proposal to privatise the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, reiterating his demand that the YSRCP government and its 22 party MPs take …

Visakhapatnam Steel Plant unions oppose Andhra Pradesh government's decision to sell its stake in Gangavaram port
3 years, 6 months ago

Visakhapatnam Steel Plant unions oppose Andhra Pradesh government's decision to sell its stake in Gangavaram port

The Hindu  

Jagan Mohan Reddy government in Andhra Pradesh has repeatedly urged the Narendra Modi government not to privatise the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd-Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, a Navaratna public sector enterprise and India’s only shore-based steel plant. During the first week of May, the Andhra Pradesh Cabinet declared its intention to offload its stake in Gangavaram Port Limited to APSEZ for around …

‘VSP privatisation will lead to mass unemployment’
3 years, 9 months ago

‘VSP privatisation will lead to mass unemployment’

The Hindu  

Leaders of the AP NGOs’ Association on Friday said the protest against the Centre’s decision to privatise the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant would not stop till the move was dropped. The association members took out a in city under the leadership of their State president N. Chandrasekhar Reddy, general secretary Bandi Srinivasa Rao and Krishna district president A. Vidyasagar. Speaking to …

Andhra Pradesh Govt Supports Bandh Protesting Privatisation of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, Says Minister
3 years, 9 months ago

Andhra Pradesh Govt Supports Bandh Protesting Privatisation of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, Says Minister

News 18  

The Andhra Pradesh government has expressed solidarity with the March 5 state-wide bandh which has been called by employee unions to protest the union government’s decision to privatise Visakhapatnam Steel Plant. Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, the Minister for Information and Public Relations Perni Venkataramaiah said that the state government is against privatisation of steel plant. “The State …

VSP privatisation only in consultation with stakeholders, says G.V.L. Narasimha Rao
3 years, 9 months ago

VSP privatisation only in consultation with stakeholders, says G.V.L. Narasimha Rao

The Hindu  

The move to privatise Visakhapatnam Steel Plant will be taken forward only in consultation will all its stakeholders, who included its employees, BJP Rajya Sabha member G.V.L. ‘VSP will benefit’ Reiterating Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s view that “the government has no business to do business,” Mr. Narasimha Rao said privatisation was for the benefit of the VSP. Taking a dig …

CPI (Maoist) supports stir against VSP privatisation
3 years, 9 months ago

CPI (Maoist) supports stir against VSP privatisation

The Hindu  

The banned CPI has extended its support to the people and workers agitating against the proposed strategic sale of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant. In a letter released by Kailasam, spokesman of the CPI Andhra Odisha Border Special Zonal Committee, the party stated that VSP had been achieved after people made huge sacrifices. “The YSRCP government is trying to misguide the …

Congress calls for a united struggle to prevent sale of Vizag steel plant
3 years, 9 months ago

Congress calls for a united struggle to prevent sale of Vizag steel plant

The Hindu  

APCC president S. Sailajanath on Wednesday exhorted people to wage a united struggle to stop the Centre’s strategic sale of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, which he said was the pride of Andhra Pradesh. Addressing an all-party meeting chaired by APCC vice-president Sripathi Prakasm, he said it was time for all the parties to shed their political differences and come together …

Protests mount against disinvestment of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant
3 years, 10 months ago

Protests mount against disinvestment of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant

The Hindu  

With the Narendra Modi government determined to hurtle through with its intentions to disinvest in most of the 439 Central public sector undertakings, there appears, notwithstanding the apprehensions and protests in Andhra Pradesh, to be very little chance of the Navratna company, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited-Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, escaping the disinvestment/privatisation bullet. The government has no right to sell it.” …

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