Mamata says TMC to protest in Parliament on ASP disinvestment

Hitting out at the Centre for approving the strategic disinvestment of Alloy Steel Plant (ASP) here, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said the Trinamool Congress would protest against the decision in Parliament.
"Start protesting in the Parliament. Call up Derek (TMC Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien) and tell him to start it (the protest)," Banerjee told party leader and Cabinet minister Arup Biswas during an administrative review meeting here.
The Centre has accorded "in-principle" approval for the strategic disinvestment of Alloy Steel Plant in Durgapur.
It had last month sought bids for divestment of ASP, which has been consistently making losses for the last few years. The bids are to be submitted by April 11, 2018.

On reports of the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) shifting out its headquarters from West Bengal, Banerjee said that state chief secretary has already written a letter to the Centre in that regard.
She had earlier described the move to shift DVC headquarters out of the state as a "conspiracy" by the Central government.