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Representatives of the Kerala Government Medical College Teachers Association (KGMCTA) said they would seek legal opinion on the implications of the order.
Medical college doctors began the protest on February 16
Essential services—including casualty, labour rooms, ICUs, inpatient care, emergency treatments, emergency surgeries, and postmortems—are exempted from the protest.
With the boycott of OP services, patients, especially from the poorer sections of society, will face hardship.
Transferred to Kasaragod from Kottayam after he refused to drive for 22 continuous hours, Naseer chose the Bandh Day to question the 'hypocrisy' of the trade unions of KSRTC.
Tharoor maintained that the right to strike did not extend to enforcing a shutdown on others.
Public transport is set to be paralysed in the state as KSRTC employees, private bus operators, and autorickshaw and taxi workers have joined the strike.
The Karunya Plus (KN-610) lottery draw, originally set for Thursday, February 12, 2026, has been rescheduled to Friday, February 13, at 1:30 PM due to a nationwide Bharat Bandh called by Central Trade Unions on February 12 to protest against the Union Government. This postponement, approved by the Kerala State Lottery Protection Committee citing anticipated difficulties in ticket sales due to the strike, is in accordance with Rule 8(6) of the Kerala Paper Lotteries (Regulation) Act, 2005, as the strike is expected to cause significant disruption across the state.
The protest was called through a joint statement issued by 10 central trade unions and sectoral federations.
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