West Bengal Chief Minister and All India Trinamool Congress (AITMC) president Mamata Banerjee said that her party will fight till the Centre roll backs it decision on demonetisation.

In her own inimitable manner, Bannerji dared the Union Government to get her arrested while addressing a protest rally at 1090 crossing in lucknow on Tuesday.

Putting to rest speculations about CM Akhilesh Yadav joining the protest, it was attended by UP ministers Arvind Singh Gope and Ravidas Mehrotra, SP national vice-president Kironmay Nanda besides AITMC leader Mukul Roy, Subroto Roy Bakshi, INlD leader Matin Khan and other leaders.  

Bannerji reminded the BJP-led Government at the Centre that if people had the power to elect a Government, they also had the option of snatching it away from a Government. “Modiji has done well for the industrialists but ignored the pain of the common man, farmers, factory workers, students, unemployed and employees. Where are the Acche Din which was promised by the BJP IJ” she querried.

The TMC leader charged that demonetisation will prove to be the greatest financial scandal of the country and waved some documents from thedais claiming that some BJP leaders had purchased land soon after the demonetisation move. “Where did they get the cash to work out land deals worth several crores of rupees IJ Will the Government take any action against themIJ” she asked.

Bannerji accused the Prime Minister of demonetisation high value notes with an eye on the impending Assembly polls in UP, Punjab and some other States. “The hardship tha the people are facing is even more severe than the Emergency days. You are forcing demonetisation on the masses which is not good politics,” she asserted.