TDP corporation Kaki Govinda Reddy said the stance of the Center on Privatization of Visakhapatnam Steel Mill (VSP) will not change until MPs MVV Satyanarayana (Visakhapatnam) and BV Satyavathi (Anakapalle) step down from their posts.
At a media conference here on Monday, Govinda Reddy, along with corporator Lella Koteswara Rao and high-ranking TDP leaders Ramana Reddy and HMS President D. Appa Rao, said that the Union government had not given a response, although widespread agitation was organized for the EU had been last 53 days. Handing the factory over to private investors would lead to injustices against 8,500 R cardholders who have been waiting for jobs at the steel mill to this day, he said.
He recalled that former minister and TDP leader Ganta Srinivasa Rao had resigned as MLA in order to achieve the continuation of the VSP in the public sector. The two MPs announced in a protest near the GVMC a month ago that they would resign to oppose the privatization of the steel mill. He called on the two MPs to keep their promise to save the VSP, at least now.
Mr. Koteswara Rao said the two MPs raised the issue once in the Lok Sabha but never did it a second time. The agitation for VSPs would only be felt in Delhi if they step down as MPs, he said.