‘DMK supports 2-day nationwide strike called by bank unions’
The Hindu
About nine lakh employees are expected to participate
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) would support the two-day nationwide strike called by the bank unions under the United Forum of Bank Unions against the proposed public sector bank privatisation, its general secretary Duraimurugan announced on Wednesday.
"The consistent efforts taken by the BJP government to adopt the Banking Laws Amendment Bill, 2021 in the Winter Session of the Parliament in an anti-democratic act, which aims at exploiting the savings in the public banks," Mr. Duraimurugan contended in a statement.
As speculation over the continuation of Minister for Scheduled Tribes Welfare B. Nagendra in the Cabinet persisted, with the demand for his resignation raised by the BJP in connection with the ₹94 crore scam at the Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation, his Cabinet colleagues came to his defence on Thursday.