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The Hindu
6 days ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
Sharmila tells Congress cadre to ‘win hearts of people' ahead of local body polls
VIZIANAGARAM/SRIKAKULAM Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee President Y.S. Sharmila Reddy on Thursday asked party leaders and activists to gear up for the local body elections and win the hearts of the people by explaining the development that took place during the Congress regime in the North Andhra districts. She attended the party's review meeting and held discussions with Vizianagaram District Congress President Maripi Vidyasagar and other leaders at the Masonic temple of the Fort City. She said that in spite of the political setbacks in the previous elections the party's strength has remained intact. She alleged that both the YSRCP and the TDP governments had failed to develop the State and had ignored all the pending projects in Vizianagaram district. In the evening, Ms. Sharmila Reddy was given a rousing reception by the Srikakulam District Congress Party President Ambati Krishna Rao and other leaders at Indira Vignan Bhavan. On the occasion, Ms. Sharmila advised party leaders to develop the cadre in all villages and mandals since many people are fed up with the functioning of regional parties. Mr. Krishnarao submitted a memorandum to the PCC President, providing details of the pending projects including the Vamsadhara phase-2 and the closure of jute and sugar factories which were established during the Congress regime in the backward district. Later speaking to the media, Ms. Sharmila alleged that the NDA government was obstructing the Congress whenever it tried to plan agitations in regards to the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant and other topics, but was allowing ex-chief minister Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy to hold programmes and tours without any objections. She criticised Mr. Jagan for consoling families of those persons who reportedly died by suicide after facing huge losses in betting and other unlawful activities. She added that the party would regain its past glory as people across the country are seeking better administration.
The Hindu
21-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
BJP conspiring to hand over Vizag Steel to private players, says A.P. Congress chief Sharmila
The BJP-led NDA government at the Centre is using a 'silent tactic' to destabilise the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited-Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (RINL-VSP), ultimately trying to hand it over to private companies, said Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee chief Y.S. Sharmila Reddy here on Wednesday. She was in the city to launch an indefinite strike at the plant site in support of the terminated contract workers of the steel plant. The government has conspired to destabilise the steel plant without allocating captive mines and even raw materials (iron ore). She said that while the plant once had 34,000 employees, that number has now dwindled to less than 20,000. 'The ₹11,400-crore revival package is a lie. The government has taken back ₹8,000 crore from the package in the form of various taxes and loan arrears. The government has conspired to slowly weaken the steel plant and finally give it to corporate companies like Adani,' said The coalition government in the State and its parties Jana Sena and Telugu Desam Party have also betrayed Vizag Steel and have not considered their election promises made during the poll campaigns. They said that they would save the steel plant if elected to power. She accused both Chief Minister Naidu and Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan of using the steel plant for their politics. She said that both of them are acting as silent spectators while their partner, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is trying to privatise the steel plant with all his might against the wishes of lakhs of people of Andhra Pradesh, including its employees and their families. City police late on Wednesday evening cleared the protest site where Ms. Sharmila Reddy launched an indefinite hunger strike in support of contract workers of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant. They shifted her from the site as well as other prominent agitators in the steel plant area. This resulted in a tense situation. Police forces were deployed at the site to ensure that no untoward incidents take place from the agitators of the steel plant trade unions and their supporters representing political parties, including Congress.
