The Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) has decided to conduct nationwide protest action on 24th February. This agitation is to oppose the pro- corporate Labour Law amendments that the NDA government wants to bring in, and also to express the Union’s protest on the non- settlement of the demands. It is to be noted that this protest action is being conducted on the eve of the crucial budget session of the Parliament. What is more significant is that both the ruling BJP and the BMS are following the ideology of the RSS. When the entire trade unions went on a General Strike on 2nd September last year, the BMS withdrew from the strike in the last minute, on the advise of the RSS. While withdrawing from the strike, the BMS told that the Narendra Modi government should be given more time to settle the demands. The decision of the BMS to launch the protest action now only shows that more serious struggles are required to stop the Modi government’s anti-worker and pro-corporate steps.

BMS  is already a party to the decision of the Central Trade Unions to launch a country wide Protest Day on 10th March, 2016 demanding settlement of the 12 point charter of demands.