Ten trade unions have claimed that there will be about 25 crore-people taking part in nationwide call for strike today, January-8. The strike is called by trade-unions against what they allege as "anti-people" policies of this government. The declaration for this strike was adopted in September 2019 by unions like INTUC, AITUC, HMS, CITU, AIUTUC, TUCC, SEWA, LPF, and UTUC among various independent federations.