Demonetisation Second Anniversary

In a stinging attack on the demonetisation exercise, senior Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala today dubbed it as the "biggest scam in independent India" due to which citizens lost their lives, jobs and life-long savings.

Congress party workers today held a nationwide protest against the BJP-led central government's demonetisation drive, which had its second anniversary on Thursday. The party workers took to the streets in Mumbai, Chennai, Chandigarh, Patna, Jaipur, Bhubaneswar, Ranchi, Bengaluru and in the national capital, protesting against the note ban. The work...

Congress cadres Friday staged protests against demonetisation in several states a day after the second anniversary of the note ban with one senior leader calling it a "Modi-made disaster" that will be probed if the party comes to power at the Centre in 2019.

In a scathing attack on the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at the Centre, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram today said the demonetisation was an "ill-conceived" move. Mr Chidambaram's statement comes after the BJP celebrated the second anniversary of demonetisation on Thursday. "Demonetisation was an ill-conceived move, in...

Congress president Rahul Gandhi, on the second anniversary of notes ban today, has called demonetisation not just an ill-conceived and poorly executed economic policy with "innocent intent, but a carefully planned, criminal financial scam".

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today lashed out at critics of demonetisation, dubbing them "prophets of doom" hours after former prime minister Manmohan Singh's scathing takedown of the move he said had left scars and wounds that were getting more visible with time. Attacked by the opposition on the second anniversary of the notes ban, Mr Jaitley sa...

Cutting across party lines, opposition leaders united on Thursday to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his controversial decision to ban large currency notes on the second anniversary of the decision.

On the second anniversary of demonetisation, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday questioned the rationale behind the Modi government's note ban move and termed it as "a self inflicted deep wound" on the Indian economy.

On second anniversary of demonetisation, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley says aim not to confiscate cash but to get it into formal economy even as the opposition is leaving no stone unturned to keep the pressure on the government on the note ban.

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh today shared his scathing assessment of demonetisation as intense political sparring between the government and the opposition marked the second anniversary of the cash ban. "It is often said that time is a great healer. But unfortunately, in the case of demonetisation, the scars and wounds of demonetisation are...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that demonetisation was a "disaster"for the country on its second anniversary.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley posted a strong defence of demonetisation today as opposition parties seized the second anniversary of the move to rip into the government and even demand an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In a Facebook post, the minister described PM Modi's overnight ban on higher currency notes on November 8, 2016, as a "...

The second anniversary of demonetisation triggered a full blown Twitter war between the BJP and the Opposition parties on Thursday. While the Opposition described it as a "disaster" the BJP said, it was a "stringent action against corruption". The Congress has called for a nationwide protest on Friday and the Trinamool said it will observe a 'Black...

The Congress today demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi apologise to the country on Thursday, the second anniversary of the demonetisation announcement, for unilaterally attempting a "Tughlaqi" experiment that ended up "wrecking the economy and causing its people untold hardships".

In a stinging attack on the demonetisation exercise, senior Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala today dubbed it as the "biggest scam in independent India" due to which citizens lost their lives, jobs and life-long savings.

Congress party workers today held a nationwide protest against the BJP-led central government's demonetisation drive, which had its second anniversary on Thursday. The party workers took to the streets in Mumbai, Chennai, Chandigarh, Patna, Jaipur, Bhubaneswar, Ranchi, Bengaluru and in the national capital, protesting against the note ban. The work...

Congress cadres Friday staged protests against demonetisation in several states a day after the second anniversary of the note ban with one senior leader calling it a "Modi-made disaster" that will be probed if the party comes to power at the Centre in 2019.

In a scathing attack on the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at the Centre, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram today said the demonetisation was an "ill-conceived" move. Mr Chidambaram's statement comes after the BJP celebrated the second anniversary of demonetisation on Thursday. "Demonetisation was an ill-conceived move, in...

Congress president Rahul Gandhi, on the second anniversary of notes ban today, has called demonetisation not just an ill-conceived and poorly executed economic policy with "innocent intent, but a carefully planned, criminal financial scam".

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today lashed out at critics of demonetisation, dubbing them "prophets of doom" hours after former prime minister Manmohan Singh's scathing takedown of the move he said had left scars and wounds that were getting more visible with time. Attacked by the opposition on the second anniversary of the notes ban, Mr Jaitley sa...

Cutting across party lines, opposition leaders united on Thursday to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his controversial decision to ban large currency notes on the second anniversary of the decision.

On the second anniversary of demonetisation, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday questioned the rationale behind the Modi government's note ban move and termed it as "a self inflicted deep wound" on the Indian economy.

On second anniversary of demonetisation, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley says aim not to confiscate cash but to get it into formal economy even as the opposition is leaving no stone unturned to keep the pressure on the government on the note ban.

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh today shared his scathing assessment of demonetisation as intense political sparring between the government and the opposition marked the second anniversary of the cash ban. "It is often said that time is a great healer. But unfortunately, in the case of demonetisation, the scars and wounds of demonetisation are...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that demonetisation was a "disaster"for the country on its second anniversary.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley posted a strong defence of demonetisation today as opposition parties seized the second anniversary of the move to rip into the government and even demand an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In a Facebook post, the minister described PM Modi's overnight ban on higher currency notes on November 8, 2016, as a "...

The second anniversary of demonetisation triggered a full blown Twitter war between the BJP and the Opposition parties on Thursday. While the Opposition described it as a "disaster" the BJP said, it was a "stringent action against corruption". The Congress has called for a nationwide protest on Friday and the Trinamool said it will observe a 'Black...

The Congress today demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi apologise to the country on Thursday, the second anniversary of the demonetisation announcement, for unilaterally attempting a "Tughlaqi" experiment that ended up "wrecking the economy and causing its people untold hardships".