Ten central trade unions are a part of the strike!
India's first grand protest after the conclusion of a crucial round of state polls 'The Bharat Band', led to a partial disruption of banking and transport services on Monday as the two-day agitation kicked off.
On Tuesday, The 48-hour protest has entered the second day and the impact is likely to still continue.
The strike has been called by a group of trade unions who have been raising voice over several government policies, calling them "anti-worker and anti-farmer".
Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Kerala, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh among others, the first day of protests registered a response in several states where transport and banking services took a partial hit due to this.
In Kerala, the high court was compelled to issue orders prohibiting the government employees from abstaining from work, calling it illegal. A majority of government offices were impacted on the first day of the Bharat Bandh.
The southern state woke up to empty streets and the state-run KSRTC buses did not operate while taxis, auto-rickshaws and private buses kept away from the roads across the state.
Bengal registered demonstrations from the Left-backed agitators who blocked train tracks and also protested on streets. The Mamata Banerjee government had been criticised by the Left for not supporting the strike call against the centre after the state government employees were told to not miss offices.
Some government buses, police said, were ransacked by supporters of the strike in north Bengal, especially in Cooch Behar district. Mamata Banerjee, on a four-day tour of north Bengal, asked the police to file FIRs.
Haryana commuters, including students, bore the brunt of the strike on day 1 as state-run buses remained off-roads. Transport services were impacted in Karnal, Panipat, Kurukshetra, Sirsa, Fatehabad, Rohtak, Ambala, Yamunanagar and Kaithal districts.
Over 100 workers of the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) took part in a protest in Gurgaon near the capital city.
Apart from 10 central trade union, independent sectoral federations and workers associations are also a part of this Bharat Band protest.
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