left parties like CPI, CPI(M) and SUCI(C) organised a rally here on Wednesday as a mark of protest against the demonetisation introduced by the Centre a year back.
“During the last year, the economic condition of the country has been pushed into a distressful condition. Circulation of black money and fake notes was not checked. As many as 150 persons and eight bank employees died for the rush at banks. 25 lakh people lost jobs after the note-ban move. Hence, we are observing the day (November 8) as a black day,” alleged activists while holding demonstation at the Collector’s office.
They also burn an effigy of Prime Minister Narandra Modi in protest. Among others, Rabinarayan Mallick, Uday Keshari Burma, Khageswar Sethi, Binod Behera, Pratap Mohapatra, Siddhartha Rath, Kishore Jena, Charulata Das, Basant Nayak, Seikh Abdulah and Ramchandra Behera were present.