Demonetisation woes come to an end, political blame game continues

While demonetisation woes seem to be over for many but it is still feeding the political appetite for Opposition parties. As note ban is expected to simmer in poll states, meanwhile Opposition parties ensure that it doesn't fade away.

Congress leaders staged 'RBI gherao' protests across the country today during which former union home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde was detained in Ahmedabad and police resorted to lathi charge in Nagpur.

In Delhi, the protest was led by senior congress leader Ahmed Patel, Anand Sharma and DPCC chief Ajay Maken, PC Chako marched from Jantar Manter to RBI's regional headquarters in Parliament Street but were stopped by police.

Not only Congress but also TMC chief and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee continues with her anti-demonetisation protests in various platforms. She recently attacked PM Narendra Modi alleging that he was responsible for deaths during the demonetisation campaign.

In a tweet, she said "Modi babu, you are totally arrogant. You are responsible for 120 plus deaths". She also highlighted the number of deaths caused due to note ban, with UP topping the list 32, West Bengal at 13 followed by Maharashtra at 11.

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Amidst all the political chaos, India Today once again gets to ground zero to check are the citizens, bankers and leaders are on same page

Old Delhi's biggest and oldest SBI bank in a heritage building have seen maximum crowd with maximum accounts but today as we visit once again there is no queue in front of the bank and its ATMs.

"Even during our pressure days we handled it well and today things are back to normal. Number of customers is manageable and we are working under normal condition. We are working in a normal working hour shift with ease" said Shailendra Kumar, deputy general manager, SBI Bank, Old Delhi.

While banks indicate things are getting back to normal, India Today travelled through the streets of Delhi to find out if 'The ATM fear sydrome' still exists.

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A street in Delhi's Daryaganj which has at least 5-7 ATMs is empty with no queue nor customer. Taking turns we entered all the ATMs attempting to withdraw cash but all of them flashed 'cash unavailable' and we had our answer of deserted look in a ATM street.

We then chose Indian Bank and its ATM in central Delhi. A bank and ATM which most of the time have cash as well customers. We found 2-3 customers who could easily withdraw money without standing in the queue.

"There is no more problem, cash is available now and with the increasing limit we don't have to visit a ATM everyday" said Rashmi

"This ATM will finish its cash in no time and insufficient cash still remains a problem." said another customer in the queue.

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"The number of notes which were extracted from the market is not back in system and hence the ATM crisis isn't over" said Vijay.