India, July 9 -- Daily life was significantly affected in Kerala on Wednesday after a forum of 10 central trade unions, including the INTUC, CITU, and AITUC, called a nationwide strike against alleged pro-corporate and anti-worker policies of the BJP-led central government.

The state government is headed by Left parties and unions like CITU, the labour wing of the ruling CPI(M), have a deep organisational network in Kerala.

Fleets of private buses, state-owned KSRTC buses, and auto-rickshaws stayed off the roads, causing inconvenience to daily commuters and even travellers at airports and railway stations.

Trade union activists protested on the streets in major cities like Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi and Kozhikode, blocking the movement ...