Bharat Band on Monday-Tuesday, expected to affect banking services

New Delhi: Several central trade unions, in a protest against the Central government’s policies affecting bank employees, have called for a nationwide ‘Bharat Band’ on Monday and Tuesday, i.e. March 28 and 29.

All India Bank Employees Association informed on a social media post that a joint forum of the banking sector will be joining the strike.

The two-day all-India strike across the country was called on by the joint forum after a meeting of the platform on March 22. The unions said that the strike is being held to register their protest against the “anti-worker, anti-farmer, anti-people and anti-national policies” of the current government.

The bank unions are reportedly irate over the Banking Laws Amendment Bill 2021 and the central government’s plan to privatize public sector banks.

 

The State Bank of India has issued a notification informing its customers that banking services may be impacted on March 28 and 29.

Apart from banking sectors, employees from various other workers including telecom, income tax, insurance, steel, postal department, coal, steel, oil, and copper are also expected to join in the nationwide protest.

The reports also suggest that the defense and railway unions would also be mass rallying in the support of the strike in various states.