Bengaluru, May 21 -- Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday strongly criticised the State Bank of India (SBI) branch manager in Surya Nagara, Anekal Taluk, Bengaluru for refusing to communicate in Kannada, despite the customer's request.

Siddaramaiah called on the Ministry of Finance to enforce language sensitisation training for bank employees nationwide, emphasising that respecting local languages is key to serving people with dignity.

In a social media post on X, Siddaramaiah wrote, "The behaviour of the SBI Branch Manager in Surya Nagara, Anekal Taluk, refusing to speak in Kannada & English and showing disregard to citizens, is strongly condemnable.We appreciate SBI's swift action in transferring the official. The matter...