Women's savings have come under tax ambit post note ban: Pilot

Congress' Rajasthan unit chief Sachin Pilot today said the savings of women have come under tax ambit post demonetisation, a decision he termed as "economic terrorism" on the people.
He was addressing a gathering in a protest organised by the party's state women wing against demonetisation.
Demonetisation has affected day-to-day life of poor families and more than one crore people have lost their jobs, Pilot claimed, adding women were facing problems in running their households due to scarcity of money in banks and ATMs.
Terming demonetisation as "economic terrorism" on people, the former Union minister said these problems occurred due to the "immature decision" of banning the high denomination currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000.

"There is no end to the woes of people even after 60 days of the step," he claimed.
He alleged that while the common man stood in bank queues, black money of big industrialists and BJP leaders was getting easily converted into white.
"While people do not have money in their hands, inflation is also on the rise," he said.