Govt trying to cover up failure of demonetisation by planting stories: Congress leader PL Punia

Senior Congress leader PL Punia has accused the government of planting stories. The Congress MP said the government is hiding behind different stories to cover up their failure in implementing demonetisation.

BLACK MONEY CRACKDOWN HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH DEMONETISATION

"If the public is giving information to the PMO, it is a good thing and the IT department conducting raids is also a good thing but it has nothing to do with demonetisation. This gathering of information and carrying out raids could have been done without demonetisation " he added.

Hitting out at the U-turns by the RBI and the subsequent confusion as a result of it, he said the fact is that there has been immense hardship caused to the common man and the housewives, the farmers, etc are suffering . Government has failed to solve their problems . Our leader Rahul Gandhi ji and other Congress leaders have raised this but the government has taken no action . Frankly I feel demonetisation is the total failure.

HERE'S HOW PL PUNIA REACTED TO INDIA TODAY'S QUESTIONS:

Q) Do you think the fact that people are calling to provide information on potential black money hoarders means that they have faith in the Prime Minister?

A) I don't think that is the correct interpretation. See, you are inviting people to call saying that action will be taken. So naturally people will come forward. But demonetisation is a complete failure. They are trying to prove that demonetisation is a success by planting such stories .

Q) In a tit-for-tat move, the BJP has accused the UPA government of cosying up to Industrialists?

A) Yes we do take credit for industrialisation. Our policies helped create the finance industry and businesses like Reliance, Mittal or Adani and they have been given financial assistance by banks . We are proud of it , we have to help in the industrialisation of this country but that doesn't mean we have provided any personal favour to specific industrialists.

The fact is that farmers have a loan of Rs 50,000 crore and it is an imperative requirement that this loan should be waived but that hasn't happened. Instead the NDA waved off around Rs 1,24,000 crore worth of loans to big businesses. The NDA government is sending out the message that if you don't pay anything, we will wave of your loan.

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