YSRCP Rajya Sabha MP Vijayasai Reddy stated that the party opposes the privatization of the Visakhapatnam steel plant. During his visit to Vizag, he criticized CM Chandrababu for failing to convince the central govt against privatization. He remarked, “The TDP govt is misrepresenting the steel plant. There is significant anti-incumbency against the state govt within just a hundred days.”