Paradip: The CPI-backed Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS) on Thursday re-launched its agitation against the 12 mtpa steel plant proposed to be set up by South Korean steel major near here with support from various anti-displacement bodies.
"We re-launched the agitation against the proposed Posco project after release of our president Abhaya Sahu from jail", said PPSS secretary and Dhinkia gram panchayat sarpanch Sisir Mohapatra.
Sahu, who spent 10 months in jail on charge of being arrested on several cases relating to anti-Posco agitation, came in a procession to the proposed plant site area for the first time after his release from the jail last month.
Besides Sahu, CPI MP from Jagatsinghpur Bibhu Prasad Tarai, party's MLA Adikanda Sethi, CPI state general secretary Dibakar Nayak and anti-displacement leader B D Sharma attended a public meeting at Balitutha, the entry point to the proposed plant site area.
"I will oppose the Posco project till my last breath", Sahu told the gathering while CPI leaders announced their full support to the anti-project agitation. The meeting held amidst tight security ended peacefully even as project supporters and opponents had an altercation last night.
The agitated project supporters on Thursday night disconnected Gobindpur-Nuagaon road before Sahu's meeting.
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