Kolkata,
Nov 8: Today, on the occasion of the first anniversary of the announcement of demonetisation, the Trinamool Congress Government would be organising ‘Black Day’ or ‘Kaala Dibas’ through a series of protest marches in Kolkata as well as in all the districts.
Stating this, a party statement said in the city the marches would take place in Sealdah, Dharmatala, Hazra, Jadavpur, Behala, Garia and other places. Also, till December 15, the Trinamool Congress will organise masscontact programmes across the state. Demonetisation has been a disaster for the country. Lakhs of people, more in the informal sector, lost their jobs, and tragically, more than 120 people were killed while standing in queues outside banks, trying to exchange demonetised currency or withdraw money in the newly-introduced currency. The disastrous measure of demonetisation that the Central Government promulgated on November 8, 2016 knocked the Indian economy unconscious. Getting back on its feet has been a herculean task. Many people lost their lives, and lakhs lost their jobs. Businesses in both the formal and informal sectors have been devastated. Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress Chairperson Mamata Banerjee conducted protests against demonetisation across the country. Through her speeches and social media posts, she has proved that demonetisation was a huge scam by the BJP to hoodwink the people of the country, and serve its own interests. In fact, in a sign of her far-sightedness, she was the first political leader to speak out publicly against demonetisation, within an hour of the Prime Minister’s November 8 speech declaring the Centre’s decision.
The purported aim of demonetisation, of recovering black money, has been proved to be an empty boast. The Reserved Bank of India (RBI) has stated that 99 per cent of the demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes, which formed an overwhelming 86 per cent of the paper currency on circulation, has come back into the economy, yet no black money has been traced.
' While we are strongly against black money and corruption, we are deeply concerned about the common people, the small traders. How will they buy essentials tomorrow? This is financial chaos, disaster let loose on the common people of India. He (the Prime Minister) could not get back the promised black money from abroad, hence so much drama, ' Ms Banerjee stated. ' We want to know from the Prime Minister how our poorest brothers and sisters, who’ve received their week’s hard-earned wages in one Rs 500 notes, will buy atta, rice, etc. tomorrow. This is a heartless and ill-conceived blow to the common people, middle class, agricultural cooperatives, tea garden workers, unorganised labour sector, shopkeepers, farmers and small businesses. All will suffer. There will be deaths due to starvation, ' she said. UNI
Stating this, a party statement said in the city the marches would take place in Sealdah, Dharmatala, Hazra, Jadavpur, Behala, Garia and other places. Also, till December 15, the Trinamool Congress will organise masscontact programmes across the state. Demonetisation has been a disaster for the country. Lakhs of people, more in the informal sector, lost their jobs, and tragically, more than 120 people were killed while standing in queues outside banks, trying to exchange demonetised currency or withdraw money in the newly-introduced currency. The disastrous measure of demonetisation that the Central Government promulgated on November 8, 2016 knocked the Indian economy unconscious. Getting back on its feet has been a herculean task. Many people lost their lives, and lakhs lost their jobs. Businesses in both the formal and informal sectors have been devastated. Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress Chairperson Mamata Banerjee conducted protests against demonetisation across the country. Through her speeches and social media posts, she has proved that demonetisation was a huge scam by the BJP to hoodwink the people of the country, and serve its own interests. In fact, in a sign of her far-sightedness, she was the first political leader to speak out publicly against demonetisation, within an hour of the Prime Minister’s November 8 speech declaring the Centre’s decision.
The purported aim of demonetisation, of recovering black money, has been proved to be an empty boast. The Reserved Bank of India (RBI) has stated that 99 per cent of the demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes, which formed an overwhelming 86 per cent of the paper currency on circulation, has come back into the economy, yet no black money has been traced.
' While we are strongly against black money and corruption, we are deeply concerned about the common people, the small traders. How will they buy essentials tomorrow? This is financial chaos, disaster let loose on the common people of India. He (the Prime Minister) could not get back the promised black money from abroad, hence so much drama, ' Ms Banerjee stated. ' We want to know from the Prime Minister how our poorest brothers and sisters, who’ve received their week’s hard-earned wages in one Rs 500 notes, will buy atta, rice, etc. tomorrow. This is a heartless and ill-conceived blow to the common people, middle class, agricultural cooperatives, tea garden workers, unorganised labour sector, shopkeepers, farmers and small businesses. All will suffer. There will be deaths due to starvation, ' she said. UNI
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