He had also alleged that he has information about the “personal corruption” by the Prime Minister and that there will be an “earthquake” if he is allowed to speak in the Lok Sabha on the note ban announced by Modi on November 8.
Rahul had been demanding steps such as the compensation to state governments by the Centre for any loss of revenue due to the move apart from Income tax and sales tax rebate of 50% to small shopkeepers and businesses.
His others demands were doubling the number of guaranteed work days and wage rate under MGNREGA for a period of one year besides providing Rs 25,000 to women of BPL families, especially those running households, who are badly hit due to demonetisation.
Congress general secretary Janardan Dwivedi had written to all the party leaders across the country, asking them to attend the convention in a big way to highlight the Modi government’s “anti-people” and “anti-poor” policies, including the note ban that has resulted in loss of many lives and also caused harassment to the general public.
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(Sourced from agencies, feature image courtesy:oneindia.com)
