Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh is the trade union affiliate of the RSS (Representational image) | Commons Text Size: New Delhi: Has the May Day, which is celebrated in India as Labour Day on 1 May every year, lost its relevance? Is it just a matter of time before India would officially replace ‘1 May' with ‘Vishwakarma Day' to honour the contribution of workers in nation building? Such questions are now raised increasingly on 1 May every year as the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), the largest trade union in India, has shunned the celebration of 1 May as Labour Day as a relic of the obsolete past when Communists dominated the trade union movement in India.

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