16 Nov, 2016

Demonetisation storm erupts in Parliament on Day 1: Who said what

As the Winter Session of Parliament kicked off today, the splintered opposition came together, unleashing no-holds-barred attack on the government's demonetisation move. Here's what the leaders had to say:
1.

Speaking on the issue, Deputy Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Anand Sharma termed the move as a "Nadirshahi farman" (autocratic order).

"No ordinance was brought for demonetisation. This is a Nadirshahi farman...Which law gave this government the right to bar me from withdrawing my money from the bank," Anand Sharma said.

2.

Congress leader Pramod Tiwari called the government "Kaliyug ka Bhasmasur" (referring to the mythological demon that could reduce to ashes everything it touched) - that would ultimately destroy itself.

"No civilised country has done this (demonetisation) in recent times. Only four people have done this. The first three are Muamar Gaddafi of Libya, Mussolini of Italy and Hitler of Germany. The fourth is our Prime Minister Narendra Modi," Tiwari said.

3.

Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Sitaram Yechury took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi by comparing him to French Queen Marie Antoinette.

"It reminds me of Marie Antoinette who during the French Revolution said if they (people) don't find bread, why don't they eat cakes. Now, we have Modi Antoinette who says: 'If you don't have paper, use plastic'."



"What is the coverage of your plastic money? Only 2.6 crore of the 130 crore Indians have credit cards. Will that run our economy? More than 80 per cent of our economy is in cash," said Yechury.

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