“We will hold dharna in front of the Gandhi statue (outside Parliament building) tomorrow at 9.45 am on the demonetisation issue. “It was decided to meet the President. But the date will be decided. We will go step by step,” Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia said after the strategy meeting of opposition parties here. Mohd Salim (CPI-M) said street protests are also on the agenda. Leaders of various parties, including those from Congress, Trinamool Congress, JD(U), CPI(M), CPI, NCP and RJD attended the meeting to further their joint strategy to corner the government in the ongoing Winter session. Condemning “malicious” efforts of rival parties, a resolution adopted at a meeting of BJP Parliamentary Party alleged that they are desperate to provoke violence and chaos as they have been “rattled” by people’s wide support to the decision.
“I will stage a protest at Jantar Mantar at 1230 hrs and I appeal to other (opposition) parties to register their protests on the roads on demonetisation which has caused hardship to the common people,” Banerjee told reporters at the airport in Kolkata before leaving for Delhi. On whether other parties will join her, she said, “If any party wants to come, they are welcome. In Parliament we are all working together.”
(Sourced from agencies, feature image courtesy:oneindia.com)
