MUMBAI, MARCH 20
After making telecom service providers to get their interactive voice response (IVR) systems to use Marathi, Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Narvnirman Sena or MNS is all set to ensure the same in ATMs, bank call centres, as well as their correspondence to customers.
“We are not against any language, but Maharashtrians who don’t know English, cannot use their services, since banks send their letters only in English. We would like them to include Marathi as well. We want to ensure that banks employ Maharashtrians, to ensure that they get jobs,” said Sandeep Deshpande, leader, Dadar-Mahim MNS unit, in fluent English.
Recently, MNS leader Sandeep Deshpande, gave a mock cheque at SBI’s Dadar branch with the amount section reading that all transactions, from now on, ought to be conducted in Marathi.
“SBI does its transactions in Hindi and English and we want them to include Marathi, since it’s the state language,” he added.
MNS plans to handover a memorandum urging priority for Marathi, to nationalised banks.
