Protests hit bank exam

Protests marred the IBPS RRB 2017 examinations to fill up vacancies in Gramin Banks in Karnataka.

While Pro-Kannada organisations sought cancellation of exam, students from Andhra Pradesh staged a flash protest demanding that the authorities permit them to appear for the exam. The examination was cancelled in many centres following the protest. Both the groups blocked the road and protested outside SJM Private Infotech, Annapurneshwari Layout on Ullal Main Road.

Activists of Kannada organisations alleged that injustice was being meted out to the Kannadigas. They wanted preference for state candidates as they would be serving in rural areas.