JAC condemns Palla for his ‘VSP ghost worker’ remarks

All Social gathering Commerce Unions, Praja Sanghala JAC chairman M. Jaggunaidu, third from proper, addressing the media in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday.
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Visakhapatnam District Commerce Unions and Civil Society JAC have strongly condemned the remarks of TDP Gajuwaka MLA Palla Srinivasa Rao in opposition to the everlasting and contract workers of Visakhapatnam Metal Plant (VSP).

Terming the remarks as humiliating and irresponsible, JAC chairman M. Jaggunaidu and others at a press convention on Tuesday stated Mr. Srinivasa Rao had claimed that almost 450 ‘ghost workers’ have been drawing lakhs of rupees as salaries with out attending work.

“Mr. Srinivasa Rao has been the chief of the recognised workers’ union of the VSP for the previous three years. He’s now an MLA and the celebration he represents is in energy within the State and an alliance accomplice on the Centre. He ought to launch the names of the alleged ghost workers,” the JAC leaders demanded.

Reacting to Mr Srinivasa Rao’s feedback that the VSP could be pressured to shut down in 4 to 5 years if the ₹11,440 crore package deal given by the Centre is spent on the salaries of the staff, Mr. Jaggunaidu questioned how the employees would work with out salaries.

“The Centre has taken again ₹500 crore of the ₹11,440 crore package deal within the identify of GST. One other ₹9,346 crore has been deposited to clear the financial institution loans and different expenditures. The Centre has put a situation that the package deal quantity shouldn’t be used for salaries or procuring uncooked supplies. The package deal appears to be an train to clear all of the money owed of the VSP and privatise it,” he stated.

Mr. Jaggunaidu refuted the claims that the VSP has extra staff and stated 18,000 everlasting and 20,000 contract staff have been engaged to provide 7.3 million tonnes of metal. “Now, there are solely 10,943 everlasting workers and fewer than 10,000 contract workers,” he stated.

The JAC stated that the TDP, the Jana Sena Social gathering and the BJP have fought in opposition to the oppression within the State after they have been in Opposition. “The identical events at the moment are suppressing the agitations of the staff. The police are resorting to threats and arrest of workers union leaders,” he alleged.