The Congress said it will hold a nationwide protest on Thursday, 8 November, to mark two years of demonetisation. The party has also demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi apologise for “ruining and wrecking" the economy.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor shared a graphic on the ‘cost of demonetisation’, which detailed the cost incurred in printing new notes, the jobs and lives reportedly lost, and the fall in the GDP post the exercise.

Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot also took to Twitter to claim that several people who had been affected by demonetisation, were still struggling to make ends meet.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, too, took to Twitter to slam the Modi government over its decision to demonetise currency notes of higher denominations, stating that the people would "punish those who took the decision”.

Meanwhile, CPI politburo member Sitaram Yechury questioned the lack of celebrations by the government.

The Amma Aadmi Party shared a video of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal touting demonetisation as the “biggest scam in the history of independent India.”

Congress to Hold Nationwide Protest

Congress leaders and workers will protest on Thursday against the "complete demolition" of the Indian economy unleashed by the "Tughlaqi farmaan" of demonetisation two years ago, spokesperson Manish Tewari said at a press conference on Tuesday, 6 November.

The prime minister stood up two years ago on November 8 and addressed the nation, demonetising almost Rs 16.99 lakh crore in circulation, Tewari said.

The three reasons given for demonetisation were that it would curb black money, weed out fake notes and proscribe terror financing, but two years later none of those objectives have materialised, Tewari alleged.