“The move to allow promoters to hold 26% of the paid-up voting equity share capital of the bank seems to be a way of turning the exception allowed to Kotak Mahindra Bank into a policy decision, uniform to all banks,” said independent banking analyst Hemindra Hazari. “In my view, this would undermine the credibility of RBI as it has allowed independent private banks to arm-twist the regulatory body."
Ashok Hinduja, chairman, IndusInd International Holding, told the press recently:
"Could you have as a promoter taken steps to avert the crisis at IndusInd Bank?
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