BK Hariprasad calls for RBI Director's sacking over his controversial remarks on bank employees
Bengaluru: Karnataka Leader of Opposition in Legislative Council and senior Congress leader BK Hariprasad on Saturday called for the sacking of RBI Director S Gurumurthy over his controversial remarks on the public sector bank employees.
At the 52nd anniversary celebration of Tamil magazine Thuglak, held recently in Chennai, Gurumurthy, who is also its editor, used the Tamil word ‘Kazhisadai’ (translated as scum/filth) to refer to public sector bank employees in a derogatory manner. This was followed by a backlash against Gurumurthy across social media platforms and several Unions calling for his resignation as the Director of RBI.
“RSS affiliate Gurumurthy with zero capabilities is made RBI director. He insults bank employees with unsavory remarks in the presence of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and the statement is not condemned,” he said in a tweet.
Further, he alleged that the statements made by Gurumurthy “hurts the self-dignity of bank employees who toil hard,” and added that he should be “sacked immediately.”
RSS affiliate Gurumurthy with zero capabilities is made RBI director
— Hariprasad.B.K. (@HariprasadBK2) May 14, 2022
He insults Bank employees with unsavoury remarks in presence of FM @nsitharaman, & statement is not condemned
It hurts the self dignity of bank employees who toil hard. This guy should be sacked immediately
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US VP JD Vance says Lebanon not part of ceasefire, calls it ‘misunderstanding’
Budapest/Washington: US Vice President J D Vance has said that Lebanon was never included in the ceasefire understanding with Iran, describing the confusion as a “legitimate misunderstanding”.
Speaking to reporters before departing from Hungary, Vance said, “I think the Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon and it just didn’t. We never made that promise.”
He stressed that the United States had not included Lebanon in the scope of the ceasefire at any stage.
His remarks come amid continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon, where more than 200 people were reported killed, even as ceasefire talks between Iran and the US move forward.
Vance said Israel had “offered … to check themselves a little bit in Lebanon because they want to make sure that our negotiation is successful”.
He warned that if Iran allows the situation in Lebanon to affect the negotiations, it could derail the talks.
“If Iran wants to let this negotiation fall apart in a conflict where they were getting hammered over Lebanon, which has nothing to do with them and which the United States never once said was part of the ceasefire, that’s ultimately their choice,” he said.
