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BJP, Cong-led Opposition parties get ready for Nov 8 face-off

FM said Union ministers and senior party leaders would take part in Anti-Black Money Day events

Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Arun Jaitley addressing a Press Conference at BJP headquarters  in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)
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Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Arun Jaitley addressing a Press Conference at BJP headquarters in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Archis Mohan New Delhi
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hopes to turn the narrative around the first anniversary of the Narendra Modi government's demonetisation decision into one between those against black money and those for it.

On Wednesday, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the BJP would mark November 8 as Anti-Black Money Day. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced demonetisation on November 8, 2016. 

The Congress and 17 other Opposition parties, including the Left parties, have already announced their plans to mark November 8 as Black Day. The Opposition had said it would highlight the impact of demonetisation and the hurried roll-out of the