Bharat Bandh hits Twitter; Indians display anger, disappointment
Bengaluru, Sept 2: Nation-wide bandh hit normal life in the country, especially in West Bengal, Kerala, the two states where Left parties still enjoy huge support.
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Bandh has been observed across India on Wednesday, Sept 2. The bandh was called by coordination committee of 11 central trade unions against NDA government's proposed Bills amending labour laws, the Contract Act, the Electricity Act and Factory Act.
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In West Bengal, all shops, schools, educational institutions were closed. Businessmen were scared to continue their daily business fearing protest by the groups who supported the bandh.
[Strike cripples life in Kerala]
Despite Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's repeated warnings, most of the employees chose not to go to their offices.
[Bharat Bandh: Why trade unions protesting; what you need to know about the strike]
Buses, autos remained off roads in Bengaluru, Kolkata, Delhi and other cities across the country on Wednesday. Bandh supporters showed protest on railway tracks hampering train services.
However, this Bharat Bandh did not go well with the aam aadmi (common man) of the country. Micro-blogging site Twitter was flooded with comments which showed their anger and disappointments.
Bharat Bandh has been trending on top since Wednesday morning.
Here are a few tweets:
Daily
wagers
wont
earn
a
penny
today
because
of
Bharat
Bandh
.
And
Leftists
claim
to
be
messiah
of
labor
class.
Irony?
—
Saurabh
Dhiman
(@iSaurabhDhiman)
September
2,
2015
Not
again!
I
strongly
condemn
this
Bharat
Bandh.
As
usual,
properties
would
be
destroyed
and
set
ablaze.
Common
man
would
be
left
suffering.
—
Shruti
(@Yuvian97)
September
2,
2015
Bharat
Bandh
for
Ambulances
too?
How
are
they
gonna
justify
this?https://t.co/pJhdOauxb1
—
Saurabh
Dhiman
(@iSaurabhDhiman)
September
2,
2015
99%
employees
doesn't
know
why
they
are
going
on
strike.
And
1%
that
knows
or
have
planned
this
Bharat
Bandh,
have
political
affiliations.
—
Harsh
Chaturvedi
(@HarshCh5)
September
2,
2015
Trade
unions
hv
declared
Bharat
Bandh.But
most
sufferers
will
b
daily
wage
earners.Wot
an
irony.Will
dese
leaders
give
dem
their
daily
wage?
—
Sanchit
Agarwal
(@sanchit_aga)
September
2,
2015
Shame
that
"Bharat
Bandh"
is
trending
on
top,
but
this
strike
is
more
of
"Congress
Bandh"Certainly...Indians
want
"Congress
Mukt
Bharat"
—
Hunting_Hunters
(@eparitosh)
September
2,
2015
Indian
politics
are
the
reason
why
we
indianS
runs
behind
all...cause
this
such
type
of
Bharat
Bandh
makes
india
financially
weak
👎👏
—
†
Indian
P∆PI
†
(@iadoreBlack)
September
2,
2015
Bharat
Bandh:
Passengers
arriving
at
New
Delhi
railway
station
were
stranded
as
taxis
and
auto-rickshaws
either...
http://t.co/XbOGXc6x4u
—
Vipin
Sharma
(@itgeniegroup)
September
2,
2015
Celebrating
"National
Festival",
Bharat
Bandh!
—
Shafi
(@__Shafi)
September
2,
2015
#Bharat
bandh.
When
a
labor
union
leader
dies
n
goes
to
Marxist
heaven
wot
does
he
see
there?Closed
factories,
pay
cheques
going
on
trees.
—
Madd
Dogg
(@MaddDogg8)
September
2,
2015
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