‘Time Jagan took up Vizag steel plant privatisation issue with Prime Minister’
The Hindu
Maha dharna staged to mark 300 days of agitation against Centre’s plan
It is time Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy joined the VSP agitation and took up the issue of privatisation of the plant with the Prime Minister directly.
This was the opinion of all the leaders of Visakha Ukku Parirakshana Porata Committee, who staged a maha dharna on completion of the 300 days of agitation, at Gajuwaka here, on Wednesday.
More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists