Bank strike issue figures in Rajya Sabha
New Delhi, Aug 5 : The strike by 10 lakh bank employees in the country today figured in Rajya Sabha during Zero Hour with Left parties extending support to the agitation and accusing the government of ''handing over'' banking sector to private entities including foreign investors and putting the country's economy at risk.
Mr Tapan Sen (CPM) and Mr D Raja (CPI) said nationalised banks had saved the Indian economy from crashing during the 2008 global economic meltdown and the government, instead of encouraging them, was handing them over to corporates which were already ''seething in corruption.'' Mr Sen accused the government of trying to hand over the banks to ''private tycoons which represented the supply side of corruption'' in the country.
Mr Raja said it was an irony that the banks which were nationalised by Mrs Indira Gandhi, were being privatised by the Congress-led UPA government.
--UNI
New Delhi, Aug 5 : The strike by 10 lakh bank employees in the country today figured in Rajya Sabha during Zero Hour with Left parties extending support to the agitation and accusing the government of ''handing over'' banking sector to private entities including foreign investors and putting the country's economy at risk.
Mr Tapan Sen (CPM) and Mr D Raja (CPI) said nationalised banks had saved the Indian economy from crashing during the 2008 global economic meltdown and the government, instead of encouraging them, was handing them over to corporates which were already ''seething in corruption.'' Mr Sen accused the government of trying to hand over the banks to ''private tycoons which represented the supply side of corruption'' in the country.
Mr Raja said it was an irony that the banks which were nationalised by Mrs Indira Gandhi, were being privatised by the Congress-led UPA government.
--UNI