India’s democratic dilemma
The fake news industry has grown by leaps and bounds under the tutelage of the BJP.
The fake news industry has grown by leaps and bounds under the tutelage of the BJP.
Kharge, who is the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, also posed a volley of questions to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and asserted that poor and middle class are “suffering” under the present government.
The Congress has been critical of the government's move of demonetisation, when on November 8 in 2016 the Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 were spiked.
He said PM Modi felt that the effort was to tackle black money and if a bigger denomination note comes then the capacity to hoard will increase.
It further added that demonetisation was also a part of larger strategy for combating the menace of fake money, terror financing, black money and tax evasion.
However, in case of Rs 100 denomination note, there was an increase of 35 per cent in counterfeit notes detected and a significant 154.3 per cent rise in counterfeit notes detected in the denomination of Rs 50, the annual report said.
It said that winds of change in favour of the opposition alliance were blowing in almost all the states
Though it would be pertinent to ask why it took so long ~ let’s not fall into the habit of…
I had to face practical problems due to the cash crunch, Chatterjee told BJP leader Rahul Sinha who met him as part of the party's Sampark for Samarthan campaign
The RJD leader was referring to the remark the Bihar CM made at an event on 26 May.
