Bank Employees to go on strike on 26-27 September; Banks to remain closed for Five days
Bengaluru: Bank Employees have announced a two-day strike on 26-27 September against the merger of 10 major public sector banks announced by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
The two-day strike, followed by two consecutive weekly offs on 28 and 29 (Fourth Saturday and Sunday), and 30th September being half year closing day that will have no bank transaction. Addistionally the bank will also remain closed to mark Gandhi Jayanti on October 2. The long break is expected to impact trade and transactions and is likely to cause inconvenience to the people.
The four unions that have called for the strike are the All India Bank Officer's Confederation, the All India Bank Officer's Association, the Indian National Bank Officer's Congress and the National Organisation of Bank Officers.
It is however advised that the customer be prepared for the long break to the banking transactions and get their urgent transactions and works done in advance.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
