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Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today hit out at Congress alleging that the party did not take a single step against corruption or black money in its 10 years of UPA regime.
Talking to media, the Finance Minister said, corruption was at its peak during Congress regime. He said, it was not surprising that Congress was uncomfortable with NDA campaign against black money.
Mr Jaitley said, the government was now rapidly completing the demonetisation scheme, and significant amounts will be injected in next three weeks. The Minister urged the Opposition to rise above slogans and join the campaign against black money, saying government was ready to debate this issue in Parliament.
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“Notwithstanding some transient problem which people have to face, we are now rapidly completing remonetisation exercise. Everyday RBI is injecting a large amount of currency into the banking system as part of its remonetisation exercise. Significant amounts are going to be injected in next three weeks which are gradually bringing the pressure down,” he said.
Earlier, former Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram termed the demonetisation move as the biggest scam of the year. He questioned how new 2000 rupees notes were hoarded by several people despite cap on withdrawal.