NEW DELHI: Welcoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi 's decision to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, All India Gramin Bank Workers Organisation today said it has decided to defer the nationwide dharana it has called earlier.Representatives of the All India Gramin Bank Workers Organisation and All India Gramin Bank Officers Organisation had given a call for a nationwide dharana on November 21, December 5, 6, and 7 and a nationwide strike on February 13."Unions welcome revolutionary decision taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes... in view of this decision on November 8, the unions have decided to defer the agitation programme," the All India Gramin Bank Workers Organisation and All India Gramin Bank Officers Organisation said in a joint statement.The statement said nearly 88,000 employees are working in 56 Gramin banks in 28 states with a network of 26,000 branches in 645 districts.