Bharat Bandh, bank strike enters day 2; public dealings, transport services hit on first day

The two-day nationwide strike to protest against policies of the Union government entered the second day on Tuesday. The joint forum of central trade unions is protesting against the government policies affecting workers, farmers, and people. Their demands include the scrapping of the labour codes, no privatisation in any form, scrapping of the National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP), increased allocation of wages under MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act) and regularisation of contract workers.

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