Demonetisation took the sheen off BJP's 'India Shining': Mayawati

LUCKNOW: Escalating her attack on the BJP government at the centre, BSP chief Mayawati on Saturday said that the

demonetisation exercise

has taken the sheen off the government that used to brag about its "

India Shining

" slogan.

Mayawati said that people will not forgive the BJP government which has proved to be so "insensitive". The BSP chief said that BJP was not even bothered about the negative feedback it got from its MPs in UP about the note ban exercise. "People are not able to get their own money,'' she said.

The BSP chief said that BJP was more concerned about hitting out at the opposition parties even as people faced a host of problems because of the currency ban. She said that BJP's belief that only corrupt were hit by demonetisation was completely misplaced as it were the common people who largely got affected. `"In a way the BJP has tried to paint all the honest people as corrupt,'' the former UP chief minister said.