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| Abbreviation | BMS |
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| Founded | 23 July 1955 (70 years ago) (1955-07-23) |
| Founder | Dattopant Thengadi |
| Type | Trade Union |
| Legal status | Active |
| Headquarters | Sir Sobha Singh Buildings,Garstin Bastion Road, New Delhi,India |
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| Members | 6,215,797 (2002) |
National President (Present) | Hiranmany Pandya |
National General Secretary (Present) | Ravindra Himte |
Key people | Surendra Kumar Pandey, C. K. Sajinarayan, Virjesh UpadhyayMalla Jagadish Rao, B Surendran, Durairaj, Hari Prasad G |
Parent organization | Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) |
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TheBharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (translation:Indian Workers' Union) is a trade union inIndia.[1] It was founded byDattopant Thengadi on 23 July 1955.[2] The BMS is not affiliated to any International Trade Union Confederation. It is the labour wing of theRashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, aright-wingHindutvaparamilitary organisation, and forms a part of theSangh Parivar, a collective of Hindutva organisations.[3]
The BMS itself claims to have more than 10 million members. According to provisional statistics from theMinistry of Labour, the BMS had a membership of 6,215,797 in 2002.[4] The BMS protested against theneoliberal policies of theNarasimha Rao Government, theDeve Gowda Government, and theGujral Government. During the tenure of theNDA Government also which had “friends” of BMS in it, BMS had to oppose the anti-labour policies. In theModi Government, it called for a nationwide movement on 10 June 2020 to protest privatisation in public-sector undertakings (PSUs).[5]
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