Bank unions, including an employees' union of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), have sought action against S Gurumurthy,

Bank unions, including an employees' union of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), have sought action against S Gurumurthy, Director on the Central Board of the RBI, for “the recent indecent and nasty remarks” allegedly about employees of public sector bank employees during his speech in one of the functions in Chennai in the presence of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

“The dirty and provocative remarks made by Gurumurthy that public sector bank employees are only ‘kazhichadaikal’ (hair thrown away after shaving) have seriously hurt the feelings and sentiments of the bank employees and officers at large,” the All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA) said in a letter to Sitharaman.

“They rightfully feel and demand that Gurumurthy should apologise and express regret,” AIBEA General Secretary CH Venkatachalam said. “We also feel that such persons like Gurumurthy who have no sense of proportion and discretion in public behaviour and public expression, and have distorted understanding about public sector banks and bank employees should no longer continue as a member of the high office of the Central Board of the RBI,” AIBEA said, seeking his removal from the RBI board.