Bharat Bandh on 9 July 2025:Are schools, colleges, and banks open tomorrow? More than 25 crore workers are going on strike.
Bharat Bandh on 9 July 2025:Tomorrow's Bharat Bandh could cause service disruptions nationwide as several workers from various unions will be demonstrating against the government's "anti-worker, anti-farmer, and anti-national pro-corporate policies."
Ankush Pandey
July 9 Bharat Bandh: On Wednesday, more than 25 crore workers, including those in public service industries like banking, insurance, postal, and construction, are scheduled to go on strike nationwide.
Since many workers from various unions will be protesting the "anti-worker, anti-farmer, and anti-national pro-corporate policies of the government," tomorrow's Bharat Bandh could likely cause service disruptions throughout the nation.
Ten central trade unions and their affiliates have called for a "Bharat Bandh," or general strike, on July 9.
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The forum called on employees to make "the nationwide general strike a grand success" in a statement. Additionally, it stated that unions in every area of the formal and informal/unorganized economy are making preparations.
Over 25 crore workers are anticipated to participate in the walkout. PTI cited All India Trade Union Congress spokesperson Amarjeet Kaur as saying, "Farmers and rural workers will also join the protest across the country."
In its most recent statement, the workers' union forum stated that it had presented a 17-point demand charter to Labour Minister Mansukh Mandavia last year.
Why is there a Bharat Bandh tomorrow?
In its statement, the Forum of Unions claimed that the government had stopped holding the annual labour conference for the past ten years and that it still made decisions against the interests of the workforce.
It also attempted to impose four labour codes in an effort to weaken collective bargaining, to cripple union activity, and to favour employers in the name of "ease of doing business."
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The forum stated that it is clear from the government's aggressively pursued policies that it has abandoned the nation's welfare state status and is acting in the interests of both Indian and international corporations.
"Privatisation of public sector enterprises and public services, policies of outsourcing, contractorization, and casualization of workforce" is what trade unions fight against, according to the statement.
Are banks, schools, colleges open tomorrow?
Harbhajan Singh Sidhu of the Hind Mazdoor Sabha was quoted by PTI as saying that the walkout will have an impact on state transit services, industry, banking, postal, and coal mining.
Additionally, a group of bank workers announced Monday that the banking industry will participate in the Bharat Bandh tomorrow. The insurance industry will also participate in the strike, according to the Bengal Provincial Bank Employees Association, which is connected to the All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA).
Over 27 lakh power workers are participating in the Bharat Bandh tomorrow, which might have an impact on the nation's electricity supply on July 9.
Services are anticipated to be interrupted on July 9, even though banks and other government agencies have not declared an official bank holiday. Schools and colleges are expected to stay open tomorrow despite the Bharat Bandh, for which states have not yet issued any holiday notifications.
