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VIJAYPUR: Former Minister and JKPCC General Secretary Manjit Singh on Saturday staged protest against the demonetisation and submitted a memorandum to the SDM.
Led by Manjit Singh, large number of farmers and other party workers, the Congress workers held a demonstration here and demanded reply from Prime Minister Narindra Modi for his silence over the questions raised by AICC Vice President Rahul Gandhi.
Speaking on the occasion, JKPCC General Secretary said, the people have been befooled with the false promises and then, by the demonetisation.
“Only rich and big business houses have been benefited with the demonetisation, while the poor and farmers remained worst suffers,” he said, adding that the people who don’t have black money have been standing in long queues but the BJP leaders are enjoying.
He said that many news reports have exposed the hollow slogans of BJP and their drive against black money. “The militants who were killed in Kashmir in the recent past had Rs 2,000 notes which show how much the demonetisation has been successful in curbing back money or fake currency. Modi Government has been exposed with its double standard,” he added. Later, Manjit Singh led protesters submitted a memorandum to the SDM and demanded reply from the Prime Minister Narindra Modi to the questions raised by the AICC Vice President.
He questioned silence of BJP’s fire brand leaders and minister why don’t they speak over the questions and hold discussions? Those who addressed on the occasion Distt. President Parkash Sharma, Sanjeev Sharma, Babbal Gupta, Trith Bhagat, Subesh Bhagat, Ch. BachanLal, Col Swaran Singh, Babu Ram Bhagat, Bharat Bushan , Surinder Sharma , Balwant Singh Nagra,Jaswant Singh, Manjit Singh Jyoti, Dr. B,Schoudhary , Capt. Mohan Lal Sharma , Sham Sharma , Janak Singh ,Paramjit Singh Pamma, Rajan Sharma, Vinod Kumar and Raj Kumar Bhagat.
