Intensifying the agitation against privatisation of National Aluminium Company (Nalco), various central trade unions have decided to stage a dharna out side the corporate office of the company here tomorrow.
Meanwhile, the officials of Mumbai based financial service firm, Enam, which has been appointed as advisors for the Initial Public Offer (IPO) of Nalco, have deferred their visit to the company headquarters here in the wake of agitation threat.
Enam officials along with several bankers were scheduled to arrive here today to work on the format of IPO, which is being planned as part of the disinvestment roadmap sketched by the government.
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Getting information of their arrival, the activists of different central trade union had gathered in strength at the Bhubaneswar airport today to demonstrate against the government bid to privatize the PSU.
But with the Enam officials and bankers cancelling their visit to the city, the trade union activists had to return after a prolonged spell of slogan shouting at the airport.
When asked, the Nalco officials here could not say, what date the visit of the consultants from Enam and bankers has been rescheduled to. They, however, pointed out that necessary security arrangements have been made keeping in view the proposed dharna by the trade union activists here tomorrow.
The agitation of various Nalco employees unions affiliated to different central trade unions against the privatisation of the company is gathering momentum for last few months.
The agitators, spearheaded by a co-ordination committee formed for the purpose, have been staging demonstrations at various units of the company located in the state.
Last year, the plant visit by the bidders of Nalco had been deferred indefinitely following attack on the Hindalco officials who had come for due diligence of Nalco by the agitating employees of the company at its Angul and Damanjodi facilities.