Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday sought complete details from the Centre about what it achieved by demonetisation even as he cautioned the Modi led NDA Government not to divert attention from the issue.
Kumar, who was part of panel on during the launch of former Finance Minister P Chidambaram's book "Fearless in Opposition" here, alongwith CPM leader Sitaram Yechury and former Union Minister Kapil Sibal, said no one immediately opposed the note ban. "Now we need to ask how much black money has come out after so many days," Kumar said.
Kumar said, "It is time the Centre came clear on what has been achieved by demonetisation. There is no use in diverting attention. Making a clarion call for opposition unity, Kumar said it was the need of the hour. Kumar initially defended the invalidation of Rs 1000 and Rs 500 currency notes.
Calling demonetisation a big blunder, Chidambaram said it is possible that popular silence is being interpreted as popular support. "Without an Opposition there is no democracy," he said.
Yechury said the support was against black money and not for demonetisation. Opposition unity can come and will come on a certain set of agreed policies, the CPM chief said. Sibal asked how the Rs 15,00,000 crore came back into the system as is being claimed.
Earlier, in the day Nitish Kumar met Yechury and discussed the need for like-minded parties to get together to halt Narendra Modi' and BJP in the Uttar Pradesh polls.