Summary:
The nationwide two-day bank strike has hit hard the state with 90 per cent of banks remaining closed in the state on Monday. A total of nine bank unions under the United Forum of Bank Unions have called the nationwide strike to protest against the privatization of public sector banks and retrograde bank reforms. Jahar Lal Dey, general secretary of BEFT said that in Tripura all the nationalized banks remained closed on Monday. The Tripura Gramin Bank (TGB) staff also extended their support to the strike, though cooperative banks remained out of the purview of this strike. The United Forum of Bank Unions leadership claimed that about a million people are involved in banking services across the country..