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Opposition leaders have attacked the government over the withdrawal of Rs 2000 currency notes from circulation with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee describing it as “Tughlaqi demonetisation drama” and Congress wondering if this was the second “notebandi” exercise.
Another whimsical & Tughlaqi demonetisation drama of Rs.2000 notes will hit the common people hard once again by subjecting them to massive harassment. These imperious measures are meant to camouflage the fundamentally anti-people & crony capitalist nature of this regime. Such…
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) May 20, 2023
The BJP rejected this was any sort of demonetisation and instead reminded the Congress that even during the rule of Manmohan Singh, old currency notes were taken off circulation.
Congress president M Mallikarjun Kharge tweeted,
आपने पहली नोटबंदी से अर्थव्यवस्था को एक गहरा ज़ख़्म दिया था।
जिससे पूरा असंगठित क्षेत्र तबाह हो गया, MSME ठप्प हो गए और करोड़ों रोज़गार गए !
अब ₹2000 के नोट वाली “दूसरी नोटबंदी”…
क्या ये ग़लत निर्णय के ऊपर पर्देदारी है?एक निष्पक्ष जाँच से ही कारनामों की सच्चाई सामने आएगी।
— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) May 20, 2023
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday made the surprise announcement but gave the public time till September 30 to either deposit Rs 2000 notes in accounts or exchange them at banks.
