New Delhi: Rail and road transportation services are likely to be affected and markets may remain closed in parts of the country on Friday as farmer unions protesting against the three agri laws have called a complete 'Bharat Bandh', even as it will not be observed in four poll-bound states and Puducherry.
According to the Samkyukta Kisan Morcha, the nationwide shutdown will start at 6 am and it will be in force up to 6 pm across the country on March 26 which marks four months of the farmer agitation on Delhi's three borders — Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri.
Senior farmer leader Balbir Singh Rajewal said that road and rail transport will be blocked, claiming that markets will also remain closed. The Morcha, which is an umbrella body of protesting farm unions, said the 'bandh' will also be observed in the national capital.
Rajewal said that trade unions from organised and unorganised sectors, and transport and other associations have extended their support for the 'Bharat bandh' call of farmer organisations on March 26.