Workers at the Vizag Steel Plant request that Kerala's Chief Minister put pressure on the Center to oppose the plant's privatization.

The Visakha Ukku Parirakshana Porata Committee (VUPPC) members have made a plea to Pinarayi Vijayan, the chief minister of Kerala, asking him to back their cause and put pressure on the Center to stop the planned sale of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP).

The leaders of the VUPPC observed in a letter addressed to the Chief Minister of Kerala that on January 27, 2021, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) declared the strategic sale of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL). For the past three years, protests against this decision have been led by all employees, contract workers, and displaced people.

A consistent supply of raw materials is necessary to reach the rated capacity of 7.3 MTPA. They claimed that the Government of India had taken deliberate action to harm the plant and make it ill ever since the announcement of the strategic sale of RINL.

They claimed that since 2019, the plant management has not acted to fill the openings or implemented the pay revision for executive and non-executive staff. The steel plant cannot be maintained effectively due to a staff shortage. Roughly 8,000 displaced people still haven't received their promised jobs. They urged the Chief Minister of Kerala to put pressure on the Center to give the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) access to captive mines.