Overview

• Employees affiliated with the Bank Employees Federation of India served and ate beef with parotta outside the Ernakulam regional office on August 28–29.
• The demonstration followed claims that a recently posted regional manager instructed the staff canteen to stop serving beef.
• Union leaders say the event repurposed a planned protest over alleged abusive behavior and public humiliation of staff.
• Left-backed independent MLA KT Jaleel voiced support for the protesters and criticized attempts to import Sangh Parivar agendas into Kerala.
• Multiple outlets report they sought the bank’s comment, and no public response from Canara Bank was available at the time of reporting.