The upper number is the highest I could find, so it likely is a margin lower.

While :ukkk: newspapers title:

The states of Kerala and West Bengal banned government employees from joining the strike, and Maharashtra invoked an emergency law banning the 80,000 workers in its power companies from striking.

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) congratulates the working class for the successful 48-hour general strike held on March 28-29. Millions of workers responded to the call given by 10 Central Trade Unions and various sectoral federations.

Note: The 250 million number got removed from the original article I found it in.

The strike follows the 2020 general strike which might've been the largest in history till that moment

Millions of Indian workers to join two-day general strike against Modi’s ruinous pro-investor policies

  • Ziege_Bock [any]
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    2 years ago

    Yo! some of these dudes are shutting down ports with their bodies! Mad respect to these protestors.

    • Catherine_Steward [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      I had never even imagined you could shut down a port by just having a couple dudes go for a swim. That's good info :meow-shining:

      • SaniFlush [any, any]
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        2 years ago

        And unlike doing that on a road, you don't get CHUDs running you over for sport. Or at least less CHUDs.