The banteng was also adopted as a symbol of Sukarno's Nationalists, and later by his daughter Megawati Sukarnoputri's Indonesia Democratic Party of Struggle.
Banteng u adoptua gjithashtu si një simbol i nacionalistëve Sukarno, dhe më vonë nga bija e tij, Partia Demokratike e Luftës Indoneziane të Megawati Sukarnoputri.