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Indira Gandhi snubbed demonetisation recommendation: PM
December 16, 2016
A day after facing embarrassment due to BJP veteran Lal Krishna
Advani's outburst against the government's attitude in Parliament, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi on Friday attempted to divert the attention of
his critics while accusing his predecessor and Congress leader late
Indira Gandhi of snubbing the demonetisation recommendation suggested by
the Niranjan Nath Wanchoo-led committee.
Sources quoted the
Prime Minister as saying, "Indira Gandhi told Y.B. Chavan that don't you
want to contest polls? This was Congress plank but they did not
implement."
Meanwhile, Vice-President Mohammad Hamid Ansari urged
all leaders in the Rajya Sabha to introspect on the distinction between
dissent, disruption and agitation.
Prime Minister Modi earlier
today urged the nation to embrace digital payment methods to ensure that
corruption and black money is rooted out of the country.
A delegation of Congress leaders gave a memorandum to Prime Minister Modi to demand relief for debt-ridden farmers.
The Winter Session of Parliament has been a washout with both sides not permitting the other to speak.
While
the opposition accused the government of being insensitive to the
common man, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) dug up Agusta Westland
matter to charge the Congress.
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