Bharat Bandh : Left party workers block roads and rail lines in Bengal

Monday, 28 March 2022newsdesk

Supporters of the two-day nationwide strike Monday put up rail and road blockades in various places in West Bengal to impose the Bharat Bandh. Left workers were seen blocking railway tracks in Jadavpur, Dum Dum, Barasat, Shyamnagar, Belgharia, Joynagar, Domjur, and other places to protest against the Centre’s policies. The police later lifted the blockades to resume rail services.

New Delhi, 28 March 2022

As per news report of The Indian Express, A joint forum of central trade unions, supported by the All India Bank Employees Association, has called for a nationwide strike today (March 28) and tomorrow (March 29) against the Central government’s policies affecting workers, farmers, and people in general. The decision comes following a meeting on March 22 where the trade unions said that they would protest against the Centre’s “anti-worker, anti-farmer, anti-people and anti-national policies”. The bank unions are participating to protest against the government’s plan to privatise public sector banks, as well as the Banking Laws Amendment Bill 2021.

Source - The Indian Express