Demonetisation 2.0? Opposition gives political currency to cash crunch

In his Lok Sabha constituency Amethi, Gandhi said the "terror of note ban" has again gripped the country and accused the Prime Minister of destroying the banking system

Just as she was the first to criticise the Centre after its shock move to invalidate 86 per cent of the currency in circulation in November 2016, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday flagged the cash crunch in automated teller machines (ATMs) asking if a ‘financial emergency’ had been imposed in the country.

Other Opposition leaders, including Congress President Rahul Gandhi, too demanded answers from the Narendra Modi government on currency notes drying up in ATMs in several parts of India.

In his Lok Sabha constituency Amethi, Gandhi said the “terror of note ban” has again gripped the country and