Bharat Bandh not about trade unions alone; unites workers, students

Students turn up to join the strike; normal life remains unaffected in most parts of country

This was the fourth time in past five years that central trade unions called a nationwide strike against Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance government’s economic policies. 

Ten major trade unions had called a day-long strike against the government's "anti-people" policies. But this time, the bandh, was not restricted to trade unions demanding rights of the workers, it galvanised into a joint movement of people, particularly students, who registered their protests on a range of issues from the new citizenship law to the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) violence.

Students from across universities in Delhi, including Delhi University (DU), JNU,