The Protest of India’s first adjustment after the conclusion of a very important state polling round – Bandh Bharat attack – causes partial disruption of banking and transportation services on Monday when two-day agitation begins. Protest 48 hours has entered the second day on Tuesday, and the impact tends to continue. The strike has been summoned by a group of trade unions who have voiced concern for several government policies, calling them “anti-workers and anti-farmers”.
Here are ten points on the two-day Bharat Bandh strike as it enters the second day:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.