Congress to join DMK in November 28 protest
The Congress leader said big business and industrialists had not been affected by the move.
Chennai: Congress leaders will take part in the protest demonstrations organised by its ally DMK onNovember 28 as part of the nation-wide agitations against the Centre's demonetisation of high value currencies, said TNCC president S. Thirunavukkarasu.
The replacement of currencies, which had been withdrawn, will take more than a year, he contended and the announcement has been made without any planning, he said. Terming the announcement a drama to portray Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a hero fighting against black money, he said the show had flopped.
Thirunavukkarasar said there is resentment against the Centre's 'anti-people move' and all the opposition parties had joined hands and opposing the move in the floor of Parliament and outside. Flaying the BJP's refusal to accept the demand of Opposition parties that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should give answers in Parliament to questions raised by the Opposition.
Despite his poor health, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh attended Parliament and spoke on the subject, he pointed out. BJP is not concerned about his warning that the country would be pushed to disaster by this king of management failure.
He also said the Jan Dhan Yojana scheme had been used to convert black money into white, since Rs. 21 crore had been deposited in such accounts in the last 15 days. The Centre was not able to prevent misuse of Jan Dhan accounts, he alleged.
The Congress leader said big business and industrialists had not been affected by the move and added that 90 per cent of the transaction in the country was done through cash. By scrapping 86 per cent of the currencies in circulation, over 100 crores of people are waiting in bank and ATM queues for hours, he said.