Today, 20th September, there is a Bharat Bandh called by the opposition parties as also some of the allies of the UPA Government against the intolerable price rise, increase in the price of diesel, FDI in multi-brand retail and selling of PSUs. Many central TUs have supported the Bandh. From the morning reports in the media, the Bandh seems to be a great success with the Bandh affecting almost all the states and especially major cities.

The government has lost its majority in the Parliament with the TMC withdrawing support. But there seems to be no threat to the government which is capable of garnering support by any means, ethical or unethical, using cash or giving benefits or by any kind of corrupt practices as we have seen when the Left Parties withdrew support to the UPA-I government.

However, the moral and ethical authority of the UPA government is already lost. The best way for the government is to withdraw the anti-people measures and salvage the situation.