Although the Congress-backed trade union stayed out of the strike, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has spoken in favour of the demands made by the strikers.

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Richard Murphy is a U.K. chartered accountant, former serial entrepreneur and currently director of Tax Research U.K. He has been a visiting fellow at several U.K. universities and now works mainly on tax and economic policy issues for a wide range of organizations including the U.K. Trade Union Congress and the Tax Justice Network.

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Richard Murphy is a U.K. chartered accountant, former serial entrepreneur and is currently director of Tax Research U.K. He has been a visiting fellow at several U.K. universities and now works mainly on tax and economic policy issues for a wide range of organizations including the U.K. Trade Union Congress and the Tax Justice Network.

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