Modi's claim on national income proved to be hollow, says Manmohan Singh

The former prime minister asserted that demonetisation has hurt the country badly

With the country still reeling under the roadblocks posed by demonetisation, former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the move. 

"Modi ji keeps on saying he will transform India's economy, we know now that the beginning of the end has come," Singh said on demonetsation, speaking at the Jan Vedna Sammelan in the national capital. 

"Modi ji's propaganda of national income going up in last two years has been proven to be hollow," Singh added. 

The former prime minister asserted that things have gone from "bad to worse in the past few months". 

"Demonetisation