Overview
- Kerala saw the sharpest impact with KSRTC and private buses off roads, many shops shut, and state offices thinned out, while Odisha reported transport blockades and other states recorded mixed responses.
- Public sector bank branches reported partial disruption after AIBEA, AIBOA and BEFI joined the strike, though SBI and others said digital services would largely function and branches were not officially closed.
- State administrations enforced attendance, with Kerala and Tamil Nadu invoking no-work-no-pay or dies-non orders for government staff who skipped duty, even as essential services were kept outside the strike.
- Farm groups including SKM and AIKS backed the action, tying it to opposition to an India–US interim trade pact they say will hurt farmers, as Union Minister Piyush Goyal asserted farm interests are protected.
- Organisers claimed participation of roughly 30 crore workers across about 600 districts, a figure reported by union leaders and not independently verified; traders’ bodies said markets were largely open in many areas.