BJP President Amit Shah on Tuesday admitted that “people are suffering” due to demonetisation of Rs. 500 and Rs 1,000 notes whereas Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Demonetisation is not the end but the beginning of a “long, deep and constant” battle against black money and corruption.
“I can understand that people are suffering due to the note ban,” Shah told a rally ahead of the Uttarakhand assembly election.
“The problems will remain for a few days but it will help in improving the economic condition in the country,” he said.
The BJP President also said that people who did not have black money were not unhappy over the currency spike that has triggered a cash chaos all across the country.
“It seems (some) leaders opposing the demonetisation drive have amassed black money,” he added.
Shah urged the people to vote for the BJP to get rid of the “corrupt” Congress government.
Speaking at the first meeting of the BJP Parliamentary Party in the Winter session, Modi said the poor and the lower and middle classes have suffered the most due to black money, fake currency and corruption and his government is working to rid the country of these evils and make the economy stronger.
Rallying around the PM at a time when opposition parties have united to corner the government over the measure citing hardships being faced by the masses, party MPs passed a unanimous resolution supporting demonetisation and gave him a standing ovation.
Hitting out at the rival parties, the resolution asked them to decide whether they stand by the people of India and the government or hoarders of black money.
While hailing PM’s “great crusade” against corruption, it accused the opposition of trying to provoke violence and chaos and disrupt Parliament, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu told reporters.
“We have come to power not for us or those close to us but for the poor. For 70 years, the poor and the lower and middle classes suffered and have been exploited by black money, corruption and terrorism. Our aim is a deep, long and constant struggle against them.
“This is not the end but only a beginning of our struggle,” the Prime Minister said and cited measures like setting up of a SIT on blackmoney and Income Disclosure Scheme, 2016.
