<p>Visakhapatnam: Andhra Congress president <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/y-s-sharmila">Y S Sharmila’s</a> indefinite hunger strike in support of dismissed Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) contract workers was foiled on Wednesday by police, hours after commencement, a party source said.</p>.<p>Sharmila protested demanding reinstatement of 2,000 contract workers.</p>.<p>"Police came and foiled Sharmila's hunger strike around 9 PM," a congress source told PTI on Thursday.</p>.<p>She reached the protest site at 1.30 pm on Wednesday and began fasting. By 9 PM and the police shifted her to Gajuwaka police station and later she returned to Hyderabad.</p>.Andhra liquor scam: SIT says accused received kickbacks in cash, gold.<p>Tension prevailed as workers resisted the police action. Congress leaders and union members condemned Sharmila's arrest, calling it "inhumane" and "politically motivated" by the ruling NDA coalition.</p>.<p>Sharmila accused the BJP of starving VSP of raw materials and jobs, and misleading the public on Rs 11,000 crore support claims with harsh employment cuts.</p>.<p>She further accused the BJP of deliberately weakening the VSP through "silent-killing tactics" and pushing it towards privatisation.</p>
<p>Visakhapatnam: Andhra Congress president <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/y-s-sharmila">Y S Sharmila’s</a> indefinite hunger strike in support of dismissed Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) contract workers was foiled on Wednesday by police, hours after commencement, a party source said.</p>.<p>Sharmila protested demanding reinstatement of 2,000 contract workers.</p>.<p>"Police came and foiled Sharmila's hunger strike around 9 PM," a congress source told PTI on Thursday.</p>.<p>She reached the protest site at 1.30 pm on Wednesday and began fasting. By 9 PM and the police shifted her to Gajuwaka police station and later she returned to Hyderabad.</p>.Andhra liquor scam: SIT says accused received kickbacks in cash, gold.<p>Tension prevailed as workers resisted the police action. Congress leaders and union members condemned Sharmila's arrest, calling it "inhumane" and "politically motivated" by the ruling NDA coalition.</p>.<p>Sharmila accused the BJP of starving VSP of raw materials and jobs, and misleading the public on Rs 11,000 crore support claims with harsh employment cuts.</p>.<p>She further accused the BJP of deliberately weakening the VSP through "silent-killing tactics" and pushing it towards privatisation.</p>