Left parties urge Prime Minister to make announcement on saving of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant from privatisation
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Left parties urge Prime Minister to make announcement on saving of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant from privatisation

The Hindu  

Leaders and activists of the CPI and the CPI staged a protest here on Tuesday against the proposed strategic sale of the RINL-Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, amid Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit to Visakhapatnam on January 8 to participate in the inauguration and foundation stone laying ceremony of various Central government projects. They raised slogans against the government demanding that the government save the steel plant from privatisation, allocate a special package and provide captive mines to the plant. “We want Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make a public announcement to withdraw the government’s decisions to destabilise the steel plant. Also, the Prime Minister should announce a special package and captive mines for the steel plant during his visit to the city on January 8,” the leaders said.

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Protests erupt in Visakhapatnam during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit over privatisation of steel plant
1 day, 3 hours ago

Protests erupt in Visakhapatnam during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit over privatisation of steel plant

The Hindu  

Amid Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Visakhapatnam to lay foundation stone for ₹2 lakh crore worth development works, the city has witnessed a series of protests here on Wednesday. Activists from the CPI and the CPI took part in agitations at various places demanding that Mr. Narendra Modi announce that the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant will not be privatised. Several …

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

VSP Agitators Ask PM Clarify Stand on Steel Plant Before Elections
10 months 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 …

Key Left leaders put under house arrest in Kurnool, Anantapur to thwart protests against privatisation of Vizag Steel Plant
1 year, 8 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 …

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 …

CPI(M) announces protest during Modi’s visit to Andhra Pradesh on November 11
2 years, 2 months ago

CPI(M) announces protest during Modi’s visit to Andhra Pradesh on November 11

The Hindu  

Communist Party of India Andhra Pradesh unit secretary V. Srinivasa Rao on October 8 announced State-wide protests during the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the State on November 11. People should question the Prime Minister on the denial of Special Category Status to the State, which the BJP had promised in the run-up to the 2014 elections, he said, …

Steel plant staff to boycott work on day Modi lands in Vizag
2 years, 2 months 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 …

Andhra Pradesh Govt Supports Bandh Protesting Privatisation of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, Says Minister
3 years, 10 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 …

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