Sharma also accused the Prime Minister of indulging in “selective leaks” from September onwards and said “it is government’s failure to maintain secrecy and selectively leak the proposed step to individuals and vested interests and groups identified with BJP.”
“It is a big scam which demands an investigation. The opposition demand of JPC is fully justified and we are determined to press for it,” he said.
Sharma took strong objection to Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu’s remarks targeting Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad. Azad had equated the Uri terror attack and deaths in queues at banks in terms of deaths. Sharma said Naidu’s statement “mischievously distorts the comments made by the Leader of Opposition”.
He said, “In their desperation, Naidu and the government are seeking to communalise the comments also by raising the bogie of nationalism, which definitely is not their exclusive domain.”
The former Union Minister said, “Instead of urgently addressing the situation caused by demonetisation move, the government is engaging in false propaganda and escape accountability.
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