Tata Steel's firm stand on replacing both blast furnaces at Port Talbot plant with electric furnaces, which could result in job losses, has now triggered a war of words between Wales First Minister Vaughan Gething and the Welsh Conservatives. Gething, who returned from Mumbai after meeting Tata Steel officials said the steelmaker is not going to change its position on job losses. But added that they may shift their position if there was a 'different UK government', BBC reports. The Welsh Conservatives countered that the Rishi Sunak government had announced a £500 million package for Tata Steel to facilitate the switch to green energy and save jobs, whereas all that the Labour Welsh government has done is make a trip to India. Tata announced in January the closure of both blast furnaces to transition to green steelmaking could lead to a loss of 2,800 UK jobs. The two furnaces are due to close by September and the construction of a new electric furnace would begin next year.