On the second day of their two-day national strike called by the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), an umbrella body of nine bank unions, employees have said that their protest will continue until the government withdraws its proposed privatisation and disinvestment plan.

Speaking to ANI, Nallappa Reddy, a bank employee said, “...We will make sure that the government takes its decision back.” Nallappa added that the government is anti-farmers and anti-labour. “Since they came to power, they were only working to hand over the PSU of various fields to corporate companies.”