25cr workers to join ‘Bharat Bandh’ July 9

Alleging that the Union government has abandoned the welfare state status of the country and is working in the interest of foreign and Indian corporate bodies, a forum of 10 central trade unions and their associates have called for a 'Bharat Bandh July 9.

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More than 25 crore workers engaged in sectors ranging from banking, insurance, postal, coal mining, highway and construction are expected to take to the streets.

The forum squarely blamed the economic policies of the Centre for rising unemployment, skyrocketing prices of essential commodities, depression in wages, and cut in social sector spending. It said that all these are leading to more inequalities and miseries for poor, people of lower income group as well as the middle class.