Visakhapatnam, Aug 30: Reiterating that it opposes privatization of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) and will draft an action plan to take forward the fight, YSRCP has exposed the dichotomy of collation leadership on the issue and their turnaround after being elected.
Speaking to media here on Saturday, former minister Gudivada Amarnatha said the coalition leadership, which has vehemently opposed privatization of VSP, have been maintaining stoic silence on the issue after coming to power, even as the retrenchment and VRS to employees are continuing.
YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, during electioneering on the other hand, has categorically stated that every vote for the coalition is a vote for privatization, and his words have come true with private players with police escort taking a tour of the 32 Departments which are on offer for privatization.
Playing the electioneering clips of Chandrababu Naidu, Pawan Kalyan, and Rammohan Naidu, who in high decibels spoke against the privatization but conveniently forget the issue on one hand, and the video clip of former Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, who strongly stated YSRCP's stand against the privatization. His stance was acknowledged by Union Minister Kumaraswamy, who said that though the Centre has taken a decision of disinvestment, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy’s government has passed a resolution in the Assembly against VSP privatization and opposed the Centre’s move.
Efforts are on to privatize VSP, and employees are being forcibly shown the door. We will take up the issue and chalk out an action plan to stop privatization, as this has been our single stand always, while the coalition partners have been maintaining a hip-hop stand.
The city is being used by Chandrababu Naidu, Lokesh, and Pawan Kalyan for hosting events and getting publicity, but the plight of VSP employees are never discussed. They need Vizag for events and for payments, it's always Amaravati, he said.
Whenever there is a crisis, the coalition government raises the issue of Rushikonda Resort, and its publicity mechanism goes hype active. From the Chief Minister down to the coalition cadre, everyone comes to Vizag, and the Resort has become a tourist spot and a punching bag with remarks targeting our leadership and calling its Rushikond Palace of YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. While in the recent GO issued, appointing a Group of Ministers (GoM) for its utilization, it was mentioned that Rushikonda Resort, calling their bluff.
A broken piece of the false ceiling of the resort was shown time and again after Pawan Kalyan’s visit, but the poor condition of the Secretariat built at exorbitant rates by Chandrababu Naidu was ignored, he said, and showed the visuals.
Road repairs, a blatant lie, public money looted 
