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The unions had submitted this 17-point charter to Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya last year.
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Left parties' trade unions on Wednesday staged a 'Bharat Bandh', alleging that the central government is pushing economic reforms that weaken workers' rights. 10 Central trade unions have called the Bandh.(ANI)
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Under the 'Bandh', sectors such as state-run public transport, government offices, public sector units, banking and insurance services, postal operations, coal mining and industrial production are likely to be affected. (ANI)
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More than 25 crore workers engaged in sectors ranging from banking, insurance, postal, to coal mining, highway and construction are expected to go on a nationwide general strike on Wednesday.(ANI)
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The participating organisations include Congress (INTUC), All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS), Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), All India United Trade Union Centre (AIUTUC), Trade Union Coordination Centre (TUCC), Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA), All India Central Council of Trade Unions (AICCTU), Labour Progressive Federation (LPF), and the United Trade Union Congress (UTUC)(ANI)
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Communist Party of India (Marxist) supporters take part in Bharat Bandh protest, in Nadia on Wednesday.(ANI)
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, with CPI (ML) Liberation General Secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya and others, address supporters during a protest amid 'Bihar bandh' called by the INDIA bloc against Special Intensive Revision in the state, in Patna(HT)
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After Congress MP Rahul Gandhi alleged that the NDA government is attempting a "vote theft" in Bihar, BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain said that the people of the INDIA Bloc and the Mahagathbandhan have made the Election Commission a "soft target" and are continuously targeting it.(HT )
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Meanwhile, the BJP claimed that the people of Bihar have "completely rejected" the Bihar Bandh, and that both the Congress and RJD leaders have joined the rally for a “photo shoot.”(HT)
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Speaking at the Bihar Bandh rally, Rahul Gandhi said, “The way there was vote theft in the Maharashtra elections, a similar attempt is being made in Bihar.”(HT)
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Opposition Congress and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) have extended their support to the protest of trade unions.(HT )
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People pass by burning tyres amid 'Bihar bandh' called by the INDIA bloc against Special Intensive Revision in the state, in Hajipur, Bihar. Special Intensive Revision is aimed at revising the voter list in Bihar ahead of the upcoming assembly elections.(PTI)
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Congress supporters halt train movement during 'Bihar Bandh' call by the Mahagathbandhan against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list ahead of the Bihar Assembly Elections 2025, in Patna.(ANI)
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Members of various trade unions block a road during a 'Bharat Bandh' (a nationwide general strike) call by a forum of 10 central trade unions and their associates, in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday.(ANI)
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Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel present at the spot as All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) and other supporters demonstrate during a 'Bharat Bandh' (a nationwide general strike) call by a forum of 10 central trade unions and their associates, in Patna on Wednesday.(PTI)
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A view of Sector 27 market shows no effect of Bharat Bandh, in Noida, India, on Wednesday.(ANI)
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An agitator being detained during a protest by Congress workers and supporters amid 'Bihar bandh' called by the INDIA bloc against Special Intensive Revision in the state, at Sachiwalay Halt Railway station in Patna.(PTI)
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