Raj Thackeray, head of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), asked the Indian Bank Union (IBA) to ensure that the banks followed the Reserve Bank’s instructions, in which their services were made compulsory to use marathi, otherwise their party would strengthen its movement. In a letter to the IBA Wednesday, MNS leaders gave Thackeray’s message and said that banks should follow three -language formulas -English, Hindi and regional language marathi (in Maharashtra) in all their services. MNS will strengthen its movement, Thackeray said in a letter to the IBA: “You must give the necessary instructions to the banks to use marathi (in your services), otherwise MNs will strengthen its movement and then the responsibility of law and order will be the responsibility of the various banks.” The letter states that the Reserve Bank of India has issued a circular regarding the use of regional languages in the public sector and private banks. The letter says: “According to this, boards in banks in three languages must be Hindi, English and the regional language of that state. Even services must be in three languages.” The development took place on Saturday after Thackeray’s decision to temporarily stop the MNS movement to implement the use of marathi in banks and other institutions, saying that the party created “enough awareness” on the issue. However, the tension increased after a letter written by the United Forum of Bank unions to Devendra Fadnavis, chief minister of Maharashtra, in which he claims that people who describe themselves as MNS workers go to bank branches and scare employees. During his Gudi Padwa rally on March 30, Thackeray earlier confirmed the MNS trend to make marathi compulsory for official communication and warned that those who deliberately avoided using this language would be “slapped”. Share this story -tags
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