Demonetisation to hurt even after Dec 30: Rahul
PTI
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Terming demonetisation a 'yajna' where the poor and the labourers are “being sacrificed”, Rahul Gandhi on Monday said though the Prime Minister has assured the problems due to note ban will end by December 30, the “economic lockdown” will continue to hurt people beyond that.
“Modiji has said the problems will end after December 30.
But I can say with confidence that it will not be so. These hardships will continue for six-seven months and beyond,” the Congress Vice President said addressing a rally here.
He was referring to the Prime Minister's repeated assurance to the people that the problems due to note ban will begin to ease after the 50-day period.
In his nearly 40-minute speech, Rahul said the poor, the labourers and the middle class are being sacrificed in the demonetisation 'yajna' for the benefit of the “super-rich families” of the nation.
Modi had recently hailed the campaign as a 'yagna against corruption and black money.
Rahul also alleged that the Modi government at the Centre and the Raje government in the state have neither waived farmers' loan, nor compensated them for their damaged crops.
He also alleged they have not reduced electricity tariffs. Consequently, 60 farmers have committed suicide in Rajasthan alone, the Congress vice president alleged.
“The note ban decision is not against corruption but is an economic lockdown. It is not against blackmoney but against the poor, farmers, labourers and women,” he alleged.
“99 per cent of the people do not have black money and they were targeted by the demonetisation drive while on the other hand, there are 50 families who have lakhs and crores of rupees and that is black money,” he said.
Stating that the Congress party wants to eradicate corruption and its leaders would support the NDA government against the menace, Gandhi alleged that the decision of demonetisation was “totally against the people of the country”.
He said that only six per cent black money is stored in cash while the remaining is in the form or real estate and gold and is also stashed in Swiss bank accounts.
“In the last two-and-a-half years, Modi only worked to create a divide in the country and functioned only for the rich,” he alleged.
