Two days after students were attacked in the JNU campus in New Delhi, 20 different protests, agitations and demonstrations took place in Mumbai not just in support of the student victims, but against various other policies of the Central government. The agitation was called for primarily by 10 central trade unions and supported by over 208 federations and organisations.

"Central Trade Unions, along with federations from Oil, Defence, and Postal Services have, as well as labourers and employees of various state and Central industries joined today's nationwide agitation with more than 25 crore people participating," said CPI Mumbai general secretary Prakash Reddy, adding, "We have a list of 12 demands. Social Security is the first one, followed by a minimum pension of R10,000 and minimum wages of R21,000. The government is also changing labour laws to make them pro-employer. They don't want unions to be recognised. This pro-corporate and fascist government wants to silence anyone raising questions."