DEMONSTRATION

Congress demonstration at lead bank

 

COOCH BEHAR, June 18: Activists of the Cooch Behar district Congress staged a demonstration at the office of the lead bank manager in Cooch Behar and submitted a memorandum containing seven-point charter of demands.

 

Welcoming the waiving of agricultural loans announced by the Central government the Cooch Behar district Congress leaders requested the manager of the lead bank (Central Bank of India) to take initiative so that no middleman can receive the relevant documents from the banks to deliver those to the beneficiaries. The bank concerned should hand over the documents related to waiving of loans to the beneficiaries.

 

The descendants of the deceased loan receivers should also be intimated of the Centre's loan waiving announcement, the Congress leaders demanded. The manager agreed to look into the demands.

 

District Congress president Mr Shyamal Choudhury, working president Mr Biren Kundu, vice-president Mr Sudhangshu Neogi, general secretary Mr Sudha Ranjan Mukherjee and AICC member Mrs Sabita Roy spoke on the occasion. []