The Congress on Saturday announced a month-long three-phased protest to “expose the Government’s biggest scam”, demonetisation, that brought “miseries” to the people and damaged the economy and destroyed jobs. The party will highlight the “failures” of demonetisation.
AICC spokesman Randeep Surjewala said that the first phase has already begun and on January 2-3, all the State Congress leaders would go to the district headquarters and “expose the real face of demonetisation”. The first phase of the protests would end on January 10, while the next two phases would be over by January end.
On January 3-4, State-level meetings would be called, while on January 6, all the district collectorates would be gheraoed by Congress leaders and workers, Surjewala said.
He said on January 9, the Mahila Congress cadre, along with the workers of the other wings of the party, will stage countrywide protests, the theme of which would be Garib ki jeb khali, bajao thaali.
“One market is to convert old notes into new notes for commissions ranging from 20 to 30 per cent, which is happening with tacit and at times, active complicity of the Government and its officials as various raids have exposed,” the Congress spokesperson said. He alleged that “another black market was selling new currency notes” while the ordinary people struggled for cash.
The Congress also launched a booklet on the occasion, titled ‘Arth-quake: 8/11 Attack on India’s Economy’, in which the party has come down heavily on demonetisation.