For farmers in Rajasthan's Hanumangarh, SBI's 'loot' a major election issue

The bank has allegedly been charging extra interest, has not paid out insurance premiums, is lifting subsides to recover debt and even charging money for mobile apps

Thirty-five-year-old Anjani Bansal didn’t attend school after Class 8, but has always had a way with numbers.

When his father was struggling to pay back the interest levied on his Kisan Credit Card (KCC) loan, Bansal, infamous in Chhani Bari for pursuing awkward jobs, quickly figured out from the passbook that the bank had charged him extra interest.

When he went to speak to the manager at the local State Bank of India (SBI) branch, he was fed a bunch of jargon that only further triggered his suspicion that something fishy was happening.

Bansal then decided to take the issue