The Congress on Wednesday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi over figures quoted in his Independence Day speech on demonetisation, and asked him how he knew that Rs 3 lakh crore had come into the banking system when the RBI was still counting notes.
“Since the counting of money is in progress, how can the Prime Minister make this claimIJ Is he now befooling the people of IndiaIJ If this information is with the Prime Minister, then why the Reserve Bank did not share this information in Parliament,” senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad wondered at a Press conference.
Azad said the claim made by the Prime Minister of Rs 3 lakh crore getting into the banking system post-demonetisation is in clear contrast to what the RBI has said. He further said both the prime minister and the RBI have to answer as to who is lying.
He also raised questions over the recovery of Rs 75,000 crore in black money, even as the RBI is still counting the money and is yet to come up with a substantive figure. “If the RBI is yet to segregate between the fake money and the black money, post-demonetisation, then where did this figure come fromIJ” Azad asked. Azad added that with each passing day, it has now become very hard for the Opposition parties to make their voice reach the people of the country. “This type of censorship has been seen by no country in the world. This is shameful for this Government. Why don’t they declare Emergency straightaway for the news censorship of the Media, so that at least we will have some solace, we will have some sort of satisfaction,” Azad stated.