Putting public sector banks in the hands of capitalists is dangerous for the country's economic security: Rahul Gandhi

New delhi date. 16 March 2021, Tuesday

Employees of public sector banks are on a two-day nationwide strike in protest of the government's decision to hand over state-owned banks to the private sector. Today is the second day of the strike. In this year's budget, the government has announced that it will privatize two state-owned banks and one insurance company.

Since then, this has been opposed by various unions of government bank employees. It is the turn of the people to face great hardships due to the strike of the banks. In the midst of all this, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has also targeted the Modi government by supporting the bank strike.

Rahul Gandhi has repeatedly accused the Prime Minister of privatizing government assets to benefit his business friends. Then once again he has said the same thing about banks. Government banks have been accused of falling into the hands of capitalists.

Rahul Gandhi has made his point in a tweet. He wrote inside the tweet that ‘the central government privatizes the benefits and nationalizes the losses. The sale of public sector banks to the capitalists is a threat to India's economic security.

The strike by government banks has affected banking operations. The strike affected public sector banks, including cash, deposits and checks. As many as one million workers and officials have joined the two-day strike.