To Scam Notes Ban

The Congress on Wednesday described demonetisation as the "biggest scam" of the country and alleged that it "may have helped criminals to monetise by looting the treasury and the poor".

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday termed demonetisation as the biggest scam in the history of independent India, adding it would be proved that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had "robbed the poor of their hard-earned money and given it away to a few rich".

Demonetisation was not a mistake but a deliberate attack on citizens to help big businesses, Rahul Gandhi said on Thursday, stepping up his offensive against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the government a day after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) revealed that most of the banned cash had returned to the system.

As the Centre's demonetisation move completes one year, the Congress which called notes ban the 'biggest scam' on Wednesday demanded an apology by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's to the public, alleging that the step 'destroyed' the economy and caused immense pain to the people.

Hours after former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh renewed his criticism of the NDA government's sudden ban on high value notes that he has called "organised loot", Finance Minister Arun Jaitley delivered a stinging rebuttal. Mr Jaitley said an exercise backed by "an ethical and moral rationale" was being described as loot, before going on to refer t...

The Congress today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should apologise for demonetisation, describing it as the country's "biggest scam" which had inflicted "misery" on the people and dealt a "body blow" to the economy.

Hinting that the RBI's latest revelations on demonetisation pointed to a "big scam", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday claimed the entire exercise of banning high value currencies was a "total flop show' and demanded a thorough investigation on the issue while urging the Supreme Court to provide justice to people.

Ahead of the Assembly election in the state, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a rally today in Uttarakhand's Garhwal region. Speaking to the people from the GITI ground in Garhwal's Shrinagar town, Prime Minister Modi focused on the BJP's promise of development for the hill state. The Prime Minister also spoke about his government's efforts ...

An official of a private bank who allegedly helped Anubhav Mittal - the mastermind of the 3,700 crore online Ponzi scam busted in Noida last week - siphon off money has been arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police. Investigators suspect a chunk of the funds the company got from investors - around 3,000 crore - may have been transferred abroad and the ...

The BJP office in Kolkata was attacked this evening, minutes after one of the most senior leaders of Mamata Banerjee's party was arrested for alleged involvement in a ponzi scheme that bankrupted lakhs of small investors in Bengal.

Around 1,200 suspicious accounts with Rs 120 crore in deposits have been found by the Income Tax department at a Delhi-based cooperative bank, authorities said, suggesting a huge scam to convert scrapped notes.

Tapas Pal, a senior leader of Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress, has been arrested in Kolkata in what is referred to as the "Rose Valley chit fund scam", in which thousands of small investors were allegedly cheated.

AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal today again attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying his decision to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes was scripted to "execute a mammoth scam of Rs eight lakh crore".

Corruption and scams peaked during the Congress' rule at the centre and the party did not take a single step against black money in those 10 years, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today, hitting back at his predecessor P Chidambaram, who this morning described the notes ban as "the biggest scam of the year".

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi is convinced that the speech he is waiting to share with parliament on the government's cancellation of 500- and 1,000-rupee notes will cause "an earthquake." Mr Gandhi also said, "I want to say that Modi, in the whole of India, has indulged in the biggest scam. I want to talk about that."

The Congress on Wednesday described demonetisation as the "biggest scam" of the country and alleged that it "may have helped criminals to monetise by looting the treasury and the poor".

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday termed demonetisation as the biggest scam in the history of independent India, adding it would be proved that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had "robbed the poor of their hard-earned money and given it away to a few rich".

Demonetisation was not a mistake but a deliberate attack on citizens to help big businesses, Rahul Gandhi said on Thursday, stepping up his offensive against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the government a day after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) revealed that most of the banned cash had returned to the system.

As the Centre's demonetisation move completes one year, the Congress which called notes ban the 'biggest scam' on Wednesday demanded an apology by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's to the public, alleging that the step 'destroyed' the economy and caused immense pain to the people.

Hours after former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh renewed his criticism of the NDA government's sudden ban on high value notes that he has called "organised loot", Finance Minister Arun Jaitley delivered a stinging rebuttal. Mr Jaitley said an exercise backed by "an ethical and moral rationale" was being described as loot, before going on to refer t...

The Congress today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should apologise for demonetisation, describing it as the country's "biggest scam" which had inflicted "misery" on the people and dealt a "body blow" to the economy.

Hinting that the RBI's latest revelations on demonetisation pointed to a "big scam", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday claimed the entire exercise of banning high value currencies was a "total flop show' and demanded a thorough investigation on the issue while urging the Supreme Court to provide justice to people.

Ahead of the Assembly election in the state, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a rally today in Uttarakhand's Garhwal region. Speaking to the people from the GITI ground in Garhwal's Shrinagar town, Prime Minister Modi focused on the BJP's promise of development for the hill state. The Prime Minister also spoke about his government's efforts ...

An official of a private bank who allegedly helped Anubhav Mittal - the mastermind of the 3,700 crore online Ponzi scam busted in Noida last week - siphon off money has been arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police. Investigators suspect a chunk of the funds the company got from investors - around 3,000 crore - may have been transferred abroad and the ...

The BJP office in Kolkata was attacked this evening, minutes after one of the most senior leaders of Mamata Banerjee's party was arrested for alleged involvement in a ponzi scheme that bankrupted lakhs of small investors in Bengal.

Around 1,200 suspicious accounts with Rs 120 crore in deposits have been found by the Income Tax department at a Delhi-based cooperative bank, authorities said, suggesting a huge scam to convert scrapped notes.

Tapas Pal, a senior leader of Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress, has been arrested in Kolkata in what is referred to as the "Rose Valley chit fund scam", in which thousands of small investors were allegedly cheated.

AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal today again attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying his decision to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes was scripted to "execute a mammoth scam of Rs eight lakh crore".

Corruption and scams peaked during the Congress' rule at the centre and the party did not take a single step against black money in those 10 years, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today, hitting back at his predecessor P Chidambaram, who this morning described the notes ban as "the biggest scam of the year".

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi is convinced that the speech he is waiting to share with parliament on the government's cancellation of 500- and 1,000-rupee notes will cause "an earthquake." Mr Gandhi also said, "I want to say that Modi, in the whole of India, has indulged in the biggest scam. I want to talk about that."