A lead­er­ship row grip­ping the Bank­ing, In­sur­ance and Gen­er­al Work­ers Union (BIG­WU), has trig­gered the for­mal in­ter­ven­tion of the Reg­is­trar of Trade Unions, who has asked for a meet­ing with pres­i­dent Don Devi­nesh about com­plaints made against him.

Se­nior BIG­WU mem­bers have ac­cused Devi­nesh of col­laps­ing the union’s ex­ec­u­tive and op­er­at­ing out­side its con­sti­tu­tion.

At the heart of the dis­pute are claims that the union’s cen­tral ex­ec­u­tive, which must have sev­en elect­ed of­fi­cers, has been re­duced to just two - Devi­nesh and one vice pres­i­dent, af­ter sev­er­al res­ig­na­tions and ex­pul­sions.