RSS-affiliated Mazdoor Sangh calls for nation-wide stir against Modi govt

The BMS has asked all its affiliated units to observe February 20 as "black day" and hold protest demonstrations

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) affiliated Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) on Friday announced a "nationwide agitation" against the “anti-labour policies” of the Narendra Modi government.

The announcement should be seen in the context of the BMS’s fear of losing support base to other unions, which have also planned sustained anti-government protests in the weeks to come.

It is also part of the union’s muscle flexing in the run-up to the Indian Labour Conference, which is being held after a gap of three years. The conference will be held in New Delhi on February 27 and 28 and Prime Minister Narendra