Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Dilip Kumar Tirkey (BJD) said Nalco was a profit-making PSU and warned of labour unrest if the government went ahead with the divestment plan.
He said BJD and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik were opposed to disinvestment and urged the government to withdraw such plans. He said the government should choose loss making PSUs for stake sale.
Presently, Government of India holds 80.93 per cent equity in Nalco.
He said during the Lok Sabha polls the BJP had promised to reopen the plant on top priority. In assembly polls, BJP again promised to reopen the plant in 100 days. But that deadline has passed and the plant is yet to restart, he said.
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He said he suspected that the plant may be given to private players and warned that such a move will be opposed tooth and nail.
Mohd Nadimul Haque (AITC) demanded a special category of Arjuna Awards for differently-abled athletes. This award, he said, should be named after ace swimmer Masud-ur-Rehman Baidya, who was double amputee and died on April 26 at the age of 46 years.
Parties in the ruling NDA have demanded stripping Muslims of their constitutional right to vote, he said without mentioning Shiv Sena. Such attempts are unconstitutional and will not be allowed, he added.