Congress to gherao four RBI offices on Jan 18 against note ban

January 16, 2017 17:46

Congress today demanded the resignation of RBI Governor Urjit Patel over the apex bank's "loss of autonomy" and said the party will gherao RBI offices in Mumbai, Nagpur, Bangalore and Ahmedabad on January 18 over the issue of demonetisation.

Maharashtra Congress president and former state Chief Minister, Ashok Chavan, will lead the protest in Mumbai, while the Leader of Opposition in legislative Assembly, Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, will participate in Nagpur.

Former Maharashtra Chief Ministers Prithviraj Chavan and Sushilkumar Shinde will take part in the protests in Bangalore and Ahmedabad respectively, it was decided at a party meeting here today.

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