After demonetisation, Centre arm-twisting RBI: West Bengal FM Amit Mitra

CM Banerjee had become the face of the anti-demonetisation drive

On Thursday, West Bengal's Finance, Commerce and Industries Minister, Amit Mitra, said that after demonetisation, the government was now arm-twisting the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to hand over Rs 3.6 trillion. Mitra made the statements in the wake of two years of demonetisation. 

"If the RBI is forced to comply by invoking Section 7, will this massive sum of money be also destined to creating another scam, enriching a few crony capitalists," Mitra questioned. 

The current stand-off between the central bank and the government stemmed from a series of suggestions proposed by the former that were overlooked. The suggestions