Agitators wore black badges and held placards calling for the government to continue building steel plants in the public sector.
Updated – Tuesday, November 22 at 06:37pm
Visakhapatnam: Hundreds of workers, students, youths and social activists took part in a “rasta roko” in front of the Gandhi statue opposite the GVMC headquarters on Tuesday, marking 600 consecutive days of fasting for their privately owned Visakhapatnam steel plant. expressed dissatisfaction.
In response to the Joint Action Committee’s call to save the mills, agitators wore black badges and held up placards calling for the government to keep the mills public. The “rasta roko” on the main road brought traffic to a standstill and the police intervened and brought the situation under control.
At the rally, AITUC state secretary-general Obulesu lamented the center’s failure to respond despite agitation entering its 600th day and twice organizing bandh protests against privatization. He suggested that agitation similar to that of Delhi farmers against black laws should be adopted to prevent the privatization of steel mills.
