CPI(M) activists on Wednesday staged a demonstration in front of the State Bank of India Main Branch here in protest against problems being faced by common people following demonetisation of `500 and `1000 currency notes.
“Due to short supply of currency notes of smaller denominations, common people are facing various problems. Workers are not getting daily wages. Resultantly, they are facing problems in buying vegetables and medicines,” alleged activists.
The party demanded that the Government allow people to use old notes till an alternative is put in place and supply adequate currency notes of smaller denominations.
The party also submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister through the Branch Manager in this regard.
Party’s State Secretary Alikishore Patnaik, Basant Nanda, Yuddhistir
Patnaik, Pratap Choudhury, P Hari Kurshna Reddy, Gopal Panigrahi and Panchanan Jena were present, among others.