AGARTALA / NEW DLEHI, Sep 24 (TIWN): Following a meeting with the Union Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar, bank unions have decided to call off the two-day bank strike that was planned for this week. In a statement, bank unions said in view of the consideration of the positive and workable solution by the finance secretary, the 48-hour-long strike from September 26-27 stands deferred.

The strike call by bank unions had threatened to shut the banking network for a consecutive four days as the next two days after the proposed strike were bank holidays.

The four unions that were part of the strike call, All India Bank Officers' Confederation (AIBOC), All India Bank Officers' Association (AIBOA), Indian National Bank Officers' Congress (INBOC) and National Organisation of Bank Officers (NOBO), claimed to have support of about 4 lakh bank employees.

This decision has caused major relief for the common men, who expected a massive suffering during the strike which would be continued by holidays.