To curb corruption, notes of higher denominations must be stopped: Rajbhar

Amid a debate over the effectiveness of the demonetisation exercise, Uttar Pradesh minister Om Prakash Rajbhar said Tuesday that circulation of higher-denomination currency notes must be stopped to effectively curb corruption.

If corruption is to be curbed in the country, then notes of higher denominations such as Rs 500 and Rs 2,000 should be withdrawn from circulation, Rajbhar said in a tweet.

The government should allow circulation of currency notes only from Re 1 to Rs 100, he tweeted, adding that it was the only way to curb corruption.

Rajbhar heads the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party, an ally of the BJP in UP.

Recently, he had attacked the Union government over demonetisation.

"What was the use of demonetisation, if all the money came back to the Reserve Bank of India?" he had said.