In India, thousands of people are protesting new business and government policies.
In addition to disrupting public transportation, millions of people are on strike all over India, shutting down banking, construction, manufacturing, and postal services.
Trade unions claim to have gathered to protest new labor laws and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government’s policy of privatizing the public services and favoring workers over big business.
Why are these policies causing such rage?
What does this mean for Modi’s government’s “Modinomics” economic policies?
Presenter: Adrian Finighan
Guests:
All India Trade Union Congress national secretary Amarjeet Kaur
Adil Hossain, associate professor at Azim Premji University and political anthropologist,
Source: Aljazeera
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