CPIM State Secretary V. Srinivasa Rao. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Andhra Pradesh CPI(M) secretary V. Srinivasa Rao has challenged the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the Jana Sena Party (JSP) leaders to impress upon Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make an open announcement that the Centre has withdrawn its decision on ‘strategic sale of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant’ (VSP) during his visit to north Andhra on November 29, 2024. Addressing a media conference in Visakhapatnam on Friday (November 22, 2024), Mr. Srinivasa Rao said the statements of the TDP and the JSP leaders that privatisation of VSP would not happen, as the Union Minister of Steel Kumaraswamy had already said so, was nothing but fooling the people. If the TDP, the JSP leaders were really committed to save the steel plant, they should get the Prime Minister make a public announcement in this regard during this visit. Referring to the statements of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan on VSP, the CPI-M State secretary said the two leaders …