GUWAHATI: A few private schools in the city and banks will remain closed due to the Bharat bandh called by 10 central trade unions on January 8.
Private educational institutions such as Sanskriti The Gurukul, Royal Global
School, NPS, Maria's Public School and Don Bosco will remain closed tomorrow,
including some other private schools in the city.
Meanwhile the exams scheduled to be coducted on January 8 in Don Bosco has been re-scheduled to January 10.
Further, Axis Bank, RBI along with a few others will also remain shut affecting bank transactions on Wednesday.
The All Assam Cab Operators’ Association (AACOA) has supported the bandh and in Assam the trade unions will majorly oppose the citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
President of AACOA Ismail Ali said, “We are in support of the bandh called on January 5 and strongly condemn the central government’s decision to implement the Citizenship Amendment Act which clearly discriminates against citizens on the basis of religion.”
All the government offices, however, will remain open. A circular in this regard was issued to all departments by the state government.
Around 10 central trade unions declared that approximately 25 crore people will participate in a nationwide strike to protest against the government's "anti-people's" policies on January 8.
Several trade unions like INTUC, HMS, AIUTUC, TUCC, SEWA, AICCTU, CITU, AITUC, LPF, UTUC and other independent federations and associations had adopted a declaration in September 2019 to hold the strike.
