NEW DELHI: In a fresh attack on the NDA government, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi said the twin torpedoes of GST and demonetisation had ruined the country's economy.
Taking a swipe at the Centre's decision to celebrate November 8, the anniversary of the note ban, as 'Anti-Black Money Day', Rahul said Prime Minister Modi had yet to accept that demonetisation had been a disaster.
"November 8 is a sad day for India. But the BJP said that they will celebrate November 8 as 'Anti-Black Money Day'. I don't know what is there to celebrate," he told mediapersons after a meeting with former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the national capital.
Rahul said the Prime Minister should understand the feelings of the nation's proletariat and give up the plan to hold festivities for a policy decision which resulted in the deaths of scores of people.
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"PM has failed to understand the pain the country's poor have gone through. He still hasn't accepted the reality. Demonetisation was an out and out disaster," he said.
Earlier, the Gandhi scion had chaired a meeting of Congress general secretaries to chalk out plans for the first note ban anniversary, being observed as 'Black Day' across the country by major opposition parties.
According to sources, Rahul discussed plans for the nationwide protests on November 8, the day high value currency notes were scrapped in a shock announcement by PM Modi.
Eighteen opposition parties have banded together to corner the Narendra Modi government over its implementation of the note ban by marking the note ban anniversary as Black Day.
In a bid to counter the opposition campaign, Finance minister Arun Jaitley had declared that the government will celebrate November 8 as 'Anti-Black Money Day' and all prominent leaders, union ministers, state ministers and office bearers will participate in programmes across the country.
(With PTI inputs)
Taking a swipe at the Centre's decision to celebrate November 8, the anniversary of the note ban, as 'Anti-Black Money Day', Rahul said Prime Minister Modi had yet to accept that demonetisation had been a disaster.
"November 8 is a sad day for India. But the BJP said that they will celebrate November 8 as 'Anti-Black Money Day'. I don't know what is there to celebrate," he told mediapersons after a meeting with former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the national capital.
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Rahul said the Prime Minister should understand the feelings of the nation's proletariat and give up the plan to hold festivities for a policy decision which resulted in the deaths of scores of people.
Read this story in Marathi
"PM has failed to understand the pain the country's poor have gone through. He still hasn't accepted the reality. Demonetisation was an out and out disaster," he said.
Earlier, the Gandhi scion had chaired a meeting of Congress general secretaries to chalk out plans for the first note ban anniversary, being observed as 'Black Day' across the country by major opposition parties.
According to sources, Rahul discussed plans for the nationwide protests on November 8, the day high value currency notes were scrapped in a shock announcement by PM Modi.
Eighteen opposition parties have banded together to corner the Narendra Modi government over its implementation of the note ban by marking the note ban anniversary as Black Day.
In a bid to counter the opposition campaign, Finance minister Arun Jaitley had declared that the government will celebrate November 8 as 'Anti-Black Money Day' and all prominent leaders, union ministers, state ministers and office bearers will participate in programmes across the country.
(With PTI inputs)
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