There’s no way one can argue against and win over the ruling YSRCP in the open. However, the situations are contrastingly different in the High Court of Andhra Pradesh, and in the judiciary, as a whole. The government and the Judiciary do not see eye to eye on many aspects, and the contrasting judgements from the HC and the SC, compared to the government’s opinions, are the best example for this.
The opposition, TDP, has chosen to go against the YSRCP’s decisions, with the help f the judiciary on several occasions, and this turned out in the TDP’s favour. The BJP and Jana Sena parties have also filed several petitions in the HC, against the 3 Capitals that Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has introduced in the AP assembly.
Now, yet another person has given up trying to fight the YSRCP in the open and has filed a petition in the High Court of Andhra Pradesh. CBI’s ex-Joint Director, Lakshmi Narayana, has filed a petition against the privatisation of the Visakha Steel Plant. He filed a PIL (Public Interest Litigation), stating that privatising the VSP would greatly affect the socio-economic status of Visakhapatnam and its people.
Lakshmi Narayana said that the centre can use the lands belonging to the VSP and build new industries in it, but said that the centre wanting to privatise the VSP is not a good idea. He also reminded the centre that the VSP contributed to 3,200 tonnes of steel, in building the Sardar Vallbhai Patel statue, and that it contributed Rs. 43,700 Crores of tax to the government.
Lakshmi Narayana also said that it is not right for the Jagan government to sell the VSP to overcome the debts that they have made.