Mamata terms demonetisation decision as 'super Emergency'
The government has taken away the freedom from the people that they have been enjoying for the past 69 years,' Mamata said.
Patna: Stepping up her attack on the Centre over demonetisation, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday dubbed the drive as "super Emergency" and vowed to agitate against it till a rollback of the decision.
"The government has taken away the freedom from the people that they have been enjoying for the past 69 years. The government has snatched 'Roti, Kapda aur Makan' from the people... A people's movement was started during the Emergency days... Today, the situation is even worse than Emergency, it can be termed as super Emergency," the Trinamool Congress supremo said.
"People are facing difficulties and inconveniences. They (NDA Government) have sold the country. It is the duty of political parties to raise their voice for the people and we will continue with our agitation till the government takes a decision to roll back the demonetisation move," she said.
Mamata was addressing a gathering here in the course of her party's nationwide campaign against demonetisation. Raising the the issue of funding of PM Modi's public meetings in foreign countries, she asked "From where do they get money to hold such mega public meetings in foreign countries like the US?".
She also raised issue of registration of land by BJP in Bihar for opening offices in districts and displaying deed numbers of land purchased by the BJP, questioned the PM's intentions as to how could BJP buy huge chunks of land in the month of September, a few weeks before the announcement of demonetisation on November 8.
Without naming anyone, Banerjee said, "If someone comes with us, then it is good. But, it certainly pains us if someone is not with us in the struggle for common people. This is people's cause. People will not forgive 'gaddars' (betrayers)."
Mamata, who arrived in the state capital on Tuesday, also met RJD chief Lalu Prasad at the latter's residence. The ruling JD(U) has already made it clear that it would not be present at Banerjee's agitation programme in the light of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's support to demonetisation.