Former Union Minister and Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Tuesday dared BJP to declare Assembly polls in five States as a referendum on demonetisation if it was confident that the move has helped in checking terrorism, black money, Naxalism and drugs menace.
Claiming that demonetisation brought instability in the country, he said: “Even leaders from BJP are openly admitting that demonetisation is a failed move”.
Pilot, Rajasthan Congress chief, said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should tell the public who is responsible for the deaths of 125 people, who lost their lives while standing in queue to withdraw money from banks.
“If BJP is so confident that demonetisation has helped in checking terrorism, black money, naxalism, drugs then it should declare it as a referendum in the poll bound five States,” he said.
Demanding a white paper from ruling SAD-BJP in Punjab on the issues of farmers’ suicides, drugs, industry and debt, he said: “People of Punjab have rejected the SAD-BJP alliance and made up their mind to form a Congress government. Shiv Sena (in Maharashtra) has left BJP and after Punjab polls, Akalis will also dump the saffron party.”
Hitting out at AAP, he accused Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of not fulfilling the constitutional responsibility that the people of Delhi had given to him by a huge mandate.
He alleged that Kejriwal and his all MlAs are campaigning in Punjab and Goa, by ignoring the national capital and public money of Delhi is being “wasted” by AAP on its poll campaign in the two states.