Bhopal: Employees and officers of the Punjab National Bank (PNB) held a demonstration at the regional office of the bank at Arera Hills here on Friday to protest against the ‘oppressive policies’ of the top management of the Bank. A press release said that the protest was staged on the call of the All India PNB Officers’ Association and All India PNB Employees’ Federation. The twin organisations alleged that the management was taking one-sided decisions and junior officials were being scapegoats.
Fresh recruitments were not being made and officers were being persecuted by transferring them from north India to south and from east to west. The Bank was also writing off the loans of corporate giants. Those who addressed the agitating employees and officials included comrade Ashish Tiwari, AK Andrews, Milind Dikate and Deepa Aadnani. They said that if the management doesn’t heed to their demands, the agitation would be intensified. A two-day nationwide strike on June 24-25 is planned as part of the protest.
