Event management team could only take care of the logistics, not arrange for 10 lac+ people to turn up. That requires crowd pull. The cause is the same, whatever part of the country that Indian is in. The point is do people really feel strongly about this? Why aren't there sufficient people on the road? Is the media trying to project a fake picture - this I don't doubt a bit.
India bandh tomorrow?
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WTF I made plan to visit my bank after a long 2 month 
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Tell those people who called for the bandh to shut up and do their job.
A nation-wide 24-hour general strike called by major trade unions Tuesday could cripple the country's transport, banking and postal systems after the government's attempts to avert it remained unsuccessful Monday.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had appealed to all the major trade unions and 5,000 unaffiliated unions to call off the strike. But the unions rejected the appeal as it came only 48 hours before one of the largest strike calls in the history of independent India.
However, a section of the unions appeared to back off. The Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) said it would not be participating in the strike.
"The strike is politically motivated and illegal. We will oppose it tomorrow," Ashok Choudhary, national president of INTUC, told IANS. The INTUC is backed by the Congress party.
Unions linked to other coalition partners of the United Progressive Alliance government, including the one affiliated to Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress -- Indian National Trinamool Trade Union Congress, will also not be participating.
Others, who oppose the country-wide strike call are the ones affiliated to the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK).
It seems political considerations have prevailed over their earlier decision to go on strike.
Source::
Labour strike to paralyse banking, transport services - The Economic Times
Trade, bank unions call mega strike on Feb 28 - The Times of India
The Hindu : News / National : Trade unions reject PM's appeal to call off strike
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had appealed to all the major trade unions and 5,000 unaffiliated unions to call off the strike. But the unions rejected the appeal as it came only 48 hours before one of the largest strike calls in the history of independent India.
However, a section of the unions appeared to back off. The Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) said it would not be participating in the strike.
"The strike is politically motivated and illegal. We will oppose it tomorrow," Ashok Choudhary, national president of INTUC, told IANS. The INTUC is backed by the Congress party.
Unions linked to other coalition partners of the United Progressive Alliance government, including the one affiliated to Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress -- Indian National Trinamool Trade Union Congress, will also not be participating.
Others, who oppose the country-wide strike call are the ones affiliated to the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK).
It seems political considerations have prevailed over their earlier decision to go on strike.
Source::
Labour strike to paralyse banking, transport services - The Economic Times
Trade, bank unions call mega strike on Feb 28 - The Times of India
The Hindu : News / National : Trade unions reject PM's appeal to call off strike
