Will demonstrate in front of Modi’s house: Mamata

West Bengal Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday threatened to
demonstrate outside Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence against
demonetisation, vowing to dislodge him from power if the scrapping of high
value currency notes is not withdrawn. “I will not stop until and unless this
decision is rolled back. I had also given solutions on how to cope with this
situation. But they (Centre) did not accept it,” said Banerjee at the Dorina
crossing. 

“The entire country is suffering. There is no money in banks
and ATMs. So far 80 people have died due to the hardships caused by
demonetisation. But Narendra Modi is having a sound sleep and giving lectures
on taking the country towards a cashless economy,” she told a rally here.
Mocking the Modi government’s plan for a cashless economy, Banerjee said “Most
of the people in rural areas do not have bank accounts. How will they cope with
this situation?” 

“Modi will send personnel of the CBI, the ED and the Income
Tax to those who oppose demonetisation so as to silence their voice. But he
can’t silence me.I will again go to Delhi and raise my voice, take out protest
marches and if needed I will demonstrate in front of Modi’s house,”
 Banerjee said. Cong takes out rally against demonetisation: Walking in a
procession from its state headquarters Bidhan Bhavan, Congress supporters
walked to Park Circus maidan in protest against the demonetisation of big
currency notes, chit fund scam and baby abductions on Monday. PCC chief Adhir
Chowdhury slammed the Union and state governments when he led the procession
during the day. Describing the decision of demonetisation to be a “whimsical”
one taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi,the PCC chief said that the former
has no right to put the citizens in trouble. Chowdhury also demanded a CBI
probe under jurisdiction of court into the baby abduction cases. 

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“The chief minister who is also the state health minister
has to answer how this racket remained undetected so long,” the PCC chief said.
“It seems that the baby abduction racket has spread its tentacles all over the
state,” he added. “The ruling party, whose leaders did not sympathise when 130
persons died in the wake of the chit fund scam is protesting in their own
interest but the Congress has hit the street in people’s interest today,”Leader
of the Opposition, Abdul Mannan said. “Narendra Modi will have to explain to
the people the reason which made his partymen deposit huge sums in the bank,
days before demonetisation decision,” he said. 

“An intolerable state of affairs is prevailing all over the
country,” Mannan said. “People cannot withdraw their funds from the banks even
to meet medical emergencies,” he added.

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