Lok Sabha elections: Bankers cold to Modi's 'Main Bhi Chowkidar' campaign

This is for the first time that the IBA has proposed performance-linked pay for certain grades in PSBs

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a recent tweet, had urged doctors, lawyers, engineers, teachers, IT professionals and bankers to join the Main Bhi Chowkidar campaign. Not everyone has lapped up the idea. 

The All India Bank Officers’ Confederation (AIBOC), the largest union of public sector bank (PSB) officers, in a letter to the Prime Minister, has said the government should not expect the banking fraternity to “join the political campaign of #MainBhiChowkidar” unless issues related to merger of banks, salary revision and staff recruitment, among others, are addressed. A copy to the letter has been sent to the department of financial