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Congress leader Digvijay Singh on
Thursday claimed that the demonetisation drive speaks of the Modi government’s
“failure” and in its bid to target “5 per cent” black money
hoarders, it has caused hardship to the remaining population.
He also objected to the “tendency”
of branding as “anti-national” those opposing the move to withdraw old
Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes.
“The move aimed at tightening the
noose around 5 per cent people with black money has put the remaining 95 per
cent people in distress. The decision (to decommission high value notes) speaks
of the Modi government’s failure,” Singh said claimed.
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The Congress general secretary alleged
if anyone protests against Prime Minister Narendra Modi over demonetisation, a
team of BJP leaders and “Modi bhakts” (staunch supporters) instantly
brand that person as “anti-national”.
“An atmosphere is being created
under which if you praise Modi, you will be called a nationalist but if you
oppose him you will be labelled as anti-national,” he claimed.
The former Madhya Pradesh Chief
Minister said the NDA government has raised the ceiling under Liberalised
Remittance Scheme (LRS) to send dollars abroad from earlier $ 75,000 to $ 2.50
lakh per financial year now.
Under LRS, a huge amount of money has
been sent abroad in the current fiscal, he claimed.
“If the Modi Government is honest
in tackling the menace of black money, it should make public the names of
people who have sent money abroad under LRS in the last one year,” Singh
said.
He said the demonetisation move has
hit the Indian economy hard and forced common people to queue up before banks
and wait for hours to get the scrapped currency notes exchanged.
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