Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 19: To lodge protest against the proposed privatization of banks, a demonstration of employees and officers of all public sector banks was held today on 45th anniversary of Bank Nationalization.
The protest was organized under the banner of Jammu Province Bank Employees Federation and employees of different nationalized banks took part in the demonstration.
While addressing the protesters, Com Ashwani Pradhan, president PNBOA, exhorted the bank employees to oppose P J Naik Committee report tooth and nail.
Comrade Arun Kumar Gupta, who is general secretary of Jammu Province Bank Employees Federation, drew the attention towards significant achievements of the nationalized public sector banks. “The achievements like expansion of bank branches in rural areas, augmentation of hard-earned savings of the common people as Deposits of the Banks and in deploying the same all segments of the economy with particular reference to the needy priority sectors in the last 45 years are not only unique in our country but also unparalleled,” he said.
“We need to strengthen and expand public sector banking with more and more Governmental guidance and policies that will ensure vibrant public sector banking,” he stressed and informed that a list of Jammu & Kashmir State bad Loans-Suit Filed accounts worth Rs one crore and above as on 30/09/2013, was being released.
Others, who addressed the demonstration included Com Vijay Zutshi, Com Ganesh Kumar, Com R K Bamba, Com Manjit Singh, Com Sumrita Kher, Com V K Dutta, Com Vinod Gupta, Com Nazir Ahmed, Com T K Tikoo, Com Dr Muhammad Ashfaq, Com Gurnam Singh, Com Adarsh Gupta, Com Rama Kant, Com Narayani Sheria, Com Avinash Dogra, Com Pallavi Gupta and Com Anil Gupta.
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