Shillong, Sept. 27 -- Banks across Meghalaya were forced to close down on Sunday after pressure groups launched a state-wide enforcement drive to oppose the Centre's order to keep public sector and regional rural banks operational ahead of a three-day nationwide bank strike.
The groups asserted that Sundays were exclusively for people to worship and offer prayers in churches and also to spend family time in the Christian-majority tribal state.
The union Ministry of Finance and the Reserve Bank of India had ordered public sector and regional rural banks to function normally on Sunday to prevent disruptions ahead of the nationwide bank strike scheduled from September 28 to 30.
Nevertheless, maintaining that Sunday held religious significan...