Trinamool supremo and Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamta Banerjee along with her Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to demonetize of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes while giving an ultimatum to the government to revoke the scheme in three days.
PM Modi should stand in the queue to understand the problems of public: Mamata Banerjee
Addressing to rally at Azadpur Mandi in Delhi, Mamta Banerjee gave an ultimatum to Centre to take back the decision in three days reasoning that demonetization will take the country backward by 100years,” The crisis of this proportion was not seen even during the Emergency, she said.
Taking a jibe at PM Modi, she said people are talking about plastic economy just because he has traveled few countries. What do they know about the economy? The government is saying it is a war against black money and people of the country are dying here. She added that the PM Modi should stand in line with people to understand their problems. She also cleared that she is against black money but the not the way he implemented to curb black money.
Demonetization is the biggest scam of independent India: Kejriwal
While sharing the stage with her, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal launched a scorching attack on the Modi government. He said that demonetization is the biggest scam of independent India. People will deposit Rs 10 lakh crore and Modiji will waive off loans amounting to Rs 8lakh crore given to his corporate friends, he claimed.
He accused center saying the government is responsible for the death of around 40 people standing in the queues at Banks and ATMs. He asked government “Is this patriotism according to Mr, Modiji?
Talking about the condition of traders in the city, he said that Azadpur Mandi was one of the busiest wholesale markets with shops stocked with fruits and vegetable. But from that day when PM Modi announced to abolish denomination notes, it is seeing a downfall and now it wears a desert look since there is no circulation money in the market. After the rally, both Kejriwal and Banerjee went to meet the RBI governor to talk about the ill-effects of demonetization.
