Connect with us
Thursday,18-September-2025
Breaking News

General

Only a fair investigtion will reveal truth: Kharge on withdrawl of Rs 2000 notes from circulation

Published

on

A day after the Reserve Bank of India announced to withdraw Rs 2,000 denomination banknotes from circulation, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday slammed the government saying it had already given a deep wound to economy with demonetisation in 2016, and said that only a fair investigation will reveal the truth.

Targeting the government over its decision of implementing demonetisation on November 8, 2016, and the Friday’s decision to withdraw the Rs 2,000 denomination banknotes, Kharge in a tweet in Hindi said, “You had given a deep wound to the economy with the first demonetisation. Due to which the entire unorganised sector was destroyed, MSMEs stalled and crores of jobs were lost.”

“Now the ‘second demonetisation’ on Rs 2,000 note… Is there a veil over the wrong decision? Only an unbased investigation will reveal the truth,” Kharge said.

The RBI on Friday said that it will withdraw the Rs 2,000 denomination banknotes from circulation but it will continue as legal tender till September 30.

The government had announced its decision of demonetisation on November 8, 2016 and also withdrawal of legal tender status of all Rs 500 and Rs 1000 banknotes in circulation at that time.

Even former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has also hit back at the government over its decision to withdraw the Rs 2,000 banknotes.

In a series of tweets, Chidambaram said, “As expected, the government or RBI have withdrawn the Rs 2,000 note and given time until September 30 to exchange the notes. The Rs 2000 note is hardly a popular medium of exchange. We said this in November 2016 and we have been proved correct. The Rs 2000 note was a band-aid to cover up the foolish decision of demonetising Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes which were popular and widely exchanged currencies.

“A few weeks after Demonetisation, the government/RBI were forced to re-introduce the Rs 500 note. I shall not be surprised if the government or RBI re-introduced the Rs 1000 note as well. Demonetisation has come full circle!” he said.

Chidambaram also said: “Rs 2000 note was never a ‘clean’ note. It was not used by the vast majority of the people. It was used only by people to keep their black money, temporarily!”

Maharashtra

Protection of religious places in Bhiwandi road expansion project, MLA Raees Sheikh assures protection of religious places after meeting with Municipal Commissioner

Published

on

rais shaikh

Mumbai: Samajwadi Party leader and MLA Raees Sheikh has demanded protection of religious places like mosque, temple, gurudwara, and Samaj Mandir in the Bhiwandi road expansion project. He has also demanded rehabilitation and compensation for the victims of the Bhiwandi and Kalyan road expansion project. Raees Sheikh was being accused of supporting the DP plan to benefit the builder lobby, after which Raees Sheikh met the Municipal Commissioner Bhiwandi Nizampur today and made it clear that the road and DP plan and policy are not prepared by the MLA. He said that the road expansion and DP plan should be changed and the protection of religious places should be ensured, on which the Municipal Commissioner Bhiwandi Nizampur assured Raees Sheikh that the protection of religious places will be maintained. If it is an obstacle in the survey, then necessary changes should be made in the project along with ensuring their protection. He said that religious places of any nature will be protected.

Continue Reading

Maharashtra

Khan can also become the mayor of Mumbai, just be a citizen of Mumbai… Criticism on BJP leader amiyat satum, Rais Sheikh Brahm for trying to give religious color to everything

Published

on

rais shaikh

Mumbai: If you are a citizen of Mumbai and love Mumbaikars, then any person from Mumbai, D’Souza, Khan, Khanolkar, can become the Mayor. The BJP in Mumbai views everything through a religious lens, and this is completely wrong, said Mumbai Samajwadi Party MLA Raees Shaikh on Wednesday, reacting to a statement by BJP Mumbai president MLA Amit Satam. On Tuesday, BJP’s victory in Worli was challenged by MLA Amit Satam at the Sankalp rally, ‘If Shiv Sena (UBT) comes to power in the Mumbai Municipal Corporation, then ‘Khan’ will become the mayor of Mumbai. But the BJP will not let this happen. Any attempt to change the colour of Mumbai will be thwarted. Taking notice of this, MLA Raees Sheikh said, “Anyone can become the mayor of Mumbai, be it a Bohri, Parsi, Christian, Marathi, Muslim, Mumbai city is not a personal fiefdom of BJP, if Mumbaikars express their faith, then a Mumbaikar of any caste or religion can become the mayor of this city. MLA Sheikh further said that the double engine government in the state has ended. BJP has no problem left for Mumbai’s development. Therefore, BJP leaders create such problems and problems which increase religious division during the election period. BJP does not consider Mumbai’s development important. Therefore, this city is being made unsafe. The blood of our ancestors is also in the soil of this country. What do you see in the religion of political leaders? Look at the leader’s contribution and work in development, Raees Sheikh strongly criticized the BJP president and made these targeted criticisms. Made.

Continue Reading

Maharashtra

Mumbai Goregaon illegal call center exposed, 15 accused arrested

Published

on

Mumbai: The Mumbai Crime Branch has claimed to have busted an illegal call centre in the Goregaon area of ​​Mumbai. The call centre was used to defraud American citizens. In the name of updating antivirus software on a toll-free number, it used to fool American citizens and lure them into investing in crypto currency and dollars by luring them to buy gifts worth $250 to $500. On September 15, the Crime Branch Unit 12 received a tip-off and arrested 15 accused during the raid and recovered 10 laptops, 20 mobile phones, two call centre operators, a manager and 10 tolly group agents from the possession of the accused. The Crime Branch has registered a case under the Cheating and IT Act in this case. The operation was carried out on the instructions of Mumbai Police Commissioner Deven Bharti, Joint Police Commissioner Lakshmi Gautam and DCP Vishal Thakur.

Continue Reading
Advertisement
Advertisement

Trending