Impact of Bharat Bandh by labour organisations, Chakka Jam against voter revision in Bihar
10-Jul-2025
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Dr. Samrendra Pathak
Senior Journalist
With Tarun Mohan, R.K. Rai, Sanjeev Thakur, M.K Madhubala and others.
New Delhi : The impact of Bharat Bandh by trade unions today against the alleged anti-labour policies of the central government was felt across the country including the capital Delhi, while the Bihar Bandh by the opposition against the voter list revision created a chaotic atmosphere in the state.

In Bihar's capital Patna, opposition leader in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav and other allies of the Grand Alliance took to the streets. MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav tried to disrupt rail services with his supporters. The atmosphere remained chaotic at many places in the state.

In Bihar, the workers of the Grand Alliance completely closed the Mahatma Gandhi Setu connecting the capital Patna. There were long lines of vehicles on both sides of the road for hours, due to which passengers traveling by train and plane were forced to walk several kilometers with their luggage on their shoulders.

On the other hand, the impact of the Bharat Bandh called by labor organizations was more or less in some places from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. Its impact was more especially in non-NDA ruled states. There are reports of demonstrations by people associated with the organization at many places in Delhi NCR, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Bengal, Orissa, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

This bandh was organized by Indian National Trade Union Congress, All India Trade Union Congress, Hind Mazdoor Sabha, Centre of Indian Trade Unions, All India United Trade Union Centre, Trade Union Coordination Centre, Self Employed Women's Association, All India Central Council of Trade Unions, Labour Progressive Federation and United Trade Union Congress.

The unions have claimed that more than 25 crore workers and personnel employed in banking, insurance, postal to coal mining, highway and construction sectors will participate in this strike.

The leaders of the organization have described this movement as against the anti-labor, anti-farmer and anti-national pro-corporate policies of the government. Trade unions had earlier organized similar nationwide strikes on November 26, 2020, March 28-29, 2022 and February 16 last year.( LS)