SME Times News Bureau | 22 Nov, 2014
The Left trade unions Friday called a strike across rural West Bengal
Nov 26 in protest against the policies of the central and the state
governments.
Transport, shops, markets and commercial
establishments and factories will be under the purview of the strike,
which coincides with the shutdown called by the Left peasants' bodies on
the same day in the villages of the state.
The strike is mainly
in protest against the central government's decision on scuttling the
100 days's rural work programme MNREGA.
"As per the decision,
the programme will be implemented on in only 234 blocks of the state,"
CITU state president Shyamal Chakraborty said. Besides, there are issues
regarding agricultural wages.
