RBI governor Urjit Patel shown black flags at Kolkata airport

KOLKATA: Reserve Bank of India governor Urjit Patel was today shown black flags at the airport here during a protest by Congress workers against demonetisation.

Police sources said when the RBI Governor arrived at the N S C Bose airport, Congress workers staged a demonstration and showed him black flags.

They also raised slogans "

Urjit

Patel go back" and "Urjit Patel hai hai". The security personnel managed to escort the RBI Governor inside the airport.

Earlier in the day, Trinamool Congress and the CPI(M) had staged a demonstration outside the RBI office here where Patel was present during the central board meeting of RBI.

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