Enemies couldn't have hurt rural India as demonetisation: Sitaram Yechury

NEW DELHI: Centre's demonetisation move is a plan which even the country's worst enemies would not be able to better, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury alleged today as he targeted Modi dispensation over withdrawal of Rs 1000 and Rs 500 notes from circulation.

He said the recovery of unpaid bank loans from corporates should have been the government's priority instead of demonetisation, that has "hurt only the poor".

"Even if our worst enemies wanted to hurt rural India, after two drought years, they couldn't have made a better plan #DemonetisationDisaster.

Even if our worst enemies wanted to hurt rural India, after two drought years, they couldn't have made a better plan #DemonetisationDisaster pic.twitter.com/Mhl6Me9hds

— Sitaram Yechury (@SitaramYechury) November 21, 2016

"Recovering unpaid bank loans from rich corporates should have been govt's priority instead of #Demonetisation which has hurt only the poor," Yechury said on Twitter.

Recovering unpaid bank loans from rich corporates should have been govt's priority instead of #Demonetisation which has hurt only the poor pic.twitter.com/q9K7JZiyTp

— Sitaram Yechury (@SitaramYechury) November 21, 2016

Taking the nation by surprise, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the night of November 8 announced demonetisation of the notes, making them invalid in a stated bid of combating black money, fake currency, corruption and terror funding.