Support to Striking Bank Employees

Date: 
Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Press Statement

 The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement:

 The Communist Party of India (Marxist) extends its support to the strike by bank employees against further liberalization of the banking sector. The two-day strike call has given by the United Forum of Bank Unions representing employees and officers of the banks.

 The Polit Bureau warns that in the light of the global financial crisis, such reforms will only make India more vulnerable. The country has been able to stave off this crisis only because the UPA government could not go ahead with these measures owing to the stiff resistance from the Left parties.

The Polit Bureau cautions the government against proceeding with such reforms