Visakhapatnam Steel Plant employees try to block Sitharaman's convoy
Employees of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant and several leaders of Leftist trade unions were taken into custody after they tried to stop the convoy of finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The employees are protesting against the Centre's move to privatise the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant. The finance minister was going to Srikakulum by road after landing at the Vizag airport when the protesters tried to block her convoy.