Demonetisation was not a mistake, but done deliberately to attack people: Rahul

Prime Minister owes people an answer on why he inflicted the demonetisation wound on them, says the Congress president.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on August 30 launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on demonetisation, saying the latter owed people an answer on why he inflicted such a deep wound when pressing problems like unemployment remained.

At a press conference, Mr. Gandhi termed demonetisation the country’s “biggest scam” and alleged that money was taken from common people and given to “crony capitalists”.

“Prime Minister Modi should answer why he inflicted a deep wound like demonetisation when issues like unemployment and low GDP rate remained,” he said, referring to the RBI’s report on the outcome of the demonetisation exercise. According to the report, over 99% of the banned currency is back in banks.

Mr. Gandhi said demonetisation was not a mistake, but done deliberately to attack people.