It is black political decision, says Mamata Banerjee
By andalib akhter
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejrival today demanded immediate rollback of Prime Minister Modi ‘anti people’ currency plan of withdrawal 500 and 1,000 rupee notes from circulation. They termed it as a “huge scam”.
Mamata Banerjee on Saturday demanded withdrawal of this “black” political decision saying it is against the common people.
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“Withdraw this ‘black’ political decision which is anti-commoner. Markets across India ruined, purchasing power crashing, people pained,” she tweeted.
Claiming that she had said this before, Ms. Banerjee said, “But given the way the young, old and everyone is suffering, let me again appeal to the Central government” (to withdraw the decision).
“This has turned out to be a big black scandal. Hardship for the common citizens and full advantage to the money launderers,” she said.
The TMC chief on Thursday called upon all opposition parties to work together against the “anti-poor government at the Centre”.
“Let us fight this political and financial anarchy together. We will be with you all,” Ms. Banerjee had said.
Mocking the Prime Minister, she had said Narendra Modi “has gone to Japan after making the people poor in India.”
“Several people have died in the last few days, there is chaos everywhere. Modi ji’s surgical strike is not against black money, but against the common man who had saved up… we demand an immediate rollback,” he said.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said that the government’s ambitious plan to withdraw 500 and 1,000 rupee notes from circulation was a “huge scam” and said it should be rolled back immediately.
“Several people have died in the last few days, there is chaos everywhere. Modi ji’s surgical strike is not 
against black money, but against the common man who had saved up… we demand an immediate rollback,” he said.
“Before the PM announced the move on Tuesday, the BJP and its friends had been alerted and they had already stashed their cash,” he said.
Days before Prime Minister Narendra Modi made the dramatic announcement on Tuesday, a BJP official in Punjab posted photos of bundles of the new 2,000 rupee notes on Twitter, Mr Kejriwal said.
Also as evidence, Mr Kejriwal offered that though deposits in banks were plummeting in the months leading to July this year, large sums had been deposited since then, indicating that many people had tried to get rid of untaxed wealth.
“The other thing is that despite all the chaos that is going on, no black money will come back in the system. Black money will only be redistributed, it will only change hands,” he said, adding that the move was encouraging touts and agents.
Hailed as a landmark move to curb ‘black’ or unaccounted wealth, PM Modi on Tuesday night declared that 500 and 1,000 rupee notes illegal from midnight. New 500 and 2,000 notes would replace them, making the old ones “worthless pieces of paper”, he said.