West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. file. , Photo Credit: PTI
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on 20 May Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Decision to phase out ₹2,000 notes from active circulation as a “cynical and Tughlaq demonetisation drama”. The Trinamool Congress (TMC) president also said that the common people will face huge problems due to this decision.
“Another cynical and Tughlaqi demonetisation drama of ₹2,000 notes will put common people in trouble once again by subjecting them to mass harassment.” Ms Banerjee tweeted. He said that “these draconian measures are meant to hide the fundamentally anti-people and crony capitalist nature of this regime”.
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The chief minister, who had severely criticized demonetisation in November 2016, described the RBI’s decision on 19 May as “misadventure by an oligarchy and authoritarian government” and said it “will not be forgotten by the people at large”.
On Friday, Ms Banerjee had said that “the pain caused by demonetisation cannot be forgotten and those who inflicted that pain should not be forgiven”.
“So it was not a ₹2,000 blunder, but a billion dollar fraud for a billion Indians. Wake up my dear brothers and sisters,” he had said.