Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today stepped up attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on demonetisation, saying his vision of a cashless economy has rendered the poor “cashless”, robbing them of their hard-earned money.
Gandhi accused Modi of “waging a war” against the poor of the country through his announcement on the night of November 8. The measure has enabled the conversion of black money into white, he charged.
Gandhi alleged that the BJP government has “blocked” the money of the poor through currency ban to favour a “handful of industrialists” and to liquidate banks that have extended loans worth “Rs 8 lakh crore” to them.
Addressing a gathering at a wholesale market here, he said, “The Prime Minister has brought honest people on the streets while the rich and the corrupt are taking money through the backdoor of banks.
