Nara Chandrababu Naidu, the National President of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on the 16th of February, visited Visakhapatnam.
During his visit, Mr. Naidu met Palla Shrinivasa Rao, who is in hospital and adressed a gathering.
Since the 10th of February, group of TDP leaders staged an indefinite hunger strike to protest against the privatisation of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant.
Mr. Naidu criticised the Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) for not taking any step against the Central Government’s decision of privatising the plant.
Mr. Naidu said, “Will the YSRCP ‘steal’ Visakha’s soul also? Already, the steel city is gradually getting converted into a ‘stolen’ city.”
The TDP Chief wondered why the ministers did not bother to express solidarity with Palla Srinivasa Rao.
Chandrababu Naidu said, “t has been a week since the former MLA is observing a fast unto death to save steel plant. It is disheartening that no one from the YSRCP even came to meet him.”
Mr. Naidu alleged the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy of having a ‘secret deal’ with the POSCO management much earlier. He said, “If PSUs are getting sold one after the other, there will not be any industry left in Visakhapatnam. Followed by several sacrifices in the aggressive battle, ‘Visakha Ukku Andhrula Hakku’ emerged victorious decades before. ‘Visakha Ukku’ stir is related to Andhra’s pride and honour. Let us unite and fight for it now.”
The gathering of Mr. Naidu was attended by the TDP State President K. Atchannaidu, former Home Minister N. Chinarajappa, former minister Bandaru Satyanarayana Murthy and others.
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