People have lined up outside banks for 5 days since the government recalled old 500 and 1000 rupee notes.
New Delhi:
Demonetisation of 500 and 1000 rupee notes is set to rock the winter session of parliament. The opposition led by Trinamool Congress has not only started a serious exercise to unite all parties to petition the president, it has also submitted a notice in Rajya Sabha for suspension of all business to discuss the demonetisation.
The worry for the government is that most of the parties with sizeable presence in the upper house where the government is in minority have spoken against the move.
While the government has been trying to project the exercise as pro-poor and as a crackdown on black money, the opposition is planning to leverage the hassles faced by the people to brand it as anti-poor and helpful for black money hoarders.
To discuss how the BJP and the ruling National Democratic Alliance or NDA is going to tackle the opposition's united attack, top BJP leaders - members of the BJP parliamentary executive unit will meet on Monday first to formulate their strategy and then meet NDA partners for a common floor strategy.
The BJP will face a problem on getting its allies on board as demonetisation has also impacted the poll funds of parties like the Shiromani Akali Dal ahead of next year's assembly polls.
The government has also called for an all-party meet on Tuesday to thrash out a broad agenda of the winter session which starts on November 16.
The government would have to give in to the opposition demands on the issue as dismissing it could derail the government's attempts to get the opposition's support on the GST bill.
The meeting of BJP and NDA leaders will also discuss the strategy on the GST and other legislations the government plans to take up in the coming session.
"It's a tight rope walk. Finance Minister (Arun Jaitley) has meetings with state finance ministers from November 20 to tie up a deal on the GST. A breakdown on demonetisation will hurt the GST," a senior BJP minister said.
There are jitters within the government on the demonetisation issue as well. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi today made a strong plea for patience from the public he called for a review meeting with the Finance Minister on Sunday night to assess the impact and solutions to ease the hassles for common man.
The BJP's worries are indicated best by the series of press conferences in the last few days by top BJP leaders.
While BJP president Amit Shah had addressed a news conference on Friday, on Saturday Finance Minister Jaitley held the third press conference in a week on the subject.
Trinamool Congress president Mamata Banerjee has been trying to rope in all anti-BJP political parties to build a sense of the house against the Modi government's move to suck out nearly Rs 18 billion in 500 and 1,000 rupee bank notes. The Bahujan Samaj Party, the Samajwadi Party and several others are already said to be on board.
The worry for the government is that most of the parties with sizeable presence in the upper house where the government is in minority have spoken against the move.
While the government has been trying to project the exercise as pro-poor and as a crackdown on black money, the opposition is planning to leverage the hassles faced by the people to brand it as anti-poor and helpful for black money hoarders.
To discuss how the BJP and the ruling National Democratic Alliance or NDA is going to tackle the opposition's united attack, top BJP leaders - members of the BJP parliamentary executive unit will meet on Monday first to formulate their strategy and then meet NDA partners for a common floor strategy.
The BJP will face a problem on getting its allies on board as demonetisation has also impacted the poll funds of parties like the Shiromani Akali Dal ahead of next year's assembly polls.
The government has also called for an all-party meet on Tuesday to thrash out a broad agenda of the winter session which starts on November 16.
The government would have to give in to the opposition demands on the issue as dismissing it could derail the government's attempts to get the opposition's support on the GST bill.
The meeting of BJP and NDA leaders will also discuss the strategy on the GST and other legislations the government plans to take up in the coming session.
"It's a tight rope walk. Finance Minister (Arun Jaitley) has meetings with state finance ministers from November 20 to tie up a deal on the GST. A breakdown on demonetisation will hurt the GST," a senior BJP minister said.
There are jitters within the government on the demonetisation issue as well. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi today made a strong plea for patience from the public he called for a review meeting with the Finance Minister on Sunday night to assess the impact and solutions to ease the hassles for common man.
The BJP's worries are indicated best by the series of press conferences in the last few days by top BJP leaders.
While BJP president Amit Shah had addressed a news conference on Friday, on Saturday Finance Minister Jaitley held the third press conference in a week on the subject.
Trinamool Congress president Mamata Banerjee has been trying to rope in all anti-BJP political parties to build a sense of the house against the Modi government's move to suck out nearly Rs 18 billion in 500 and 1,000 rupee bank notes. The Bahujan Samaj Party, the Samajwadi Party and several others are already said to be on board.
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