Dep. Opp. Leader, Sharma, Says Rs 2,000 Note Reminds of ‘Churan Ki Pudiya’

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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The Deputy Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Anand Sharma, grilled Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, and his government’s decision to abruptly demonetize Rs 5,00 and Rs 1,000 notes. Criticizing the PM humorously, Sharma alleged that the new 2000 rupee note colour reminds me of “churan wali pudiya” which we used to get in childhood.

According to Sharma, “86 per cent of the currency in the market was Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes which was scrapped by just one announcement. Due to this step, the entire world has got the message that India’s economy runs on black money and the entire agricultural fields have gone to waste as farmers don’t have money to buy seeds.” He questioned “do farmers have credit cards?” Moreover, Sharma also condemned the PM’s statement mocking common people who are standing in queues and sought his apology for the “insensitive” statement. He stressed that “I condemn PM’s statement in Goa for mocking the common people who are standing in queues. He must apologise.”

He responded to PM Modi’s claim that “looting of their 70-year corrupt earnings, they will destroy me, they can kill me” and questioned “please explain who wants to kill you.” He suggested that the “Government has a list of those holding black money in Swiss banks. We demand that Prime Minister must tell who all are there in the list,” complaining that “the atmosphere has become such that questioning the government has become the parameter to decide one’s nationalism.”