Only success of demonetisation was ‘torpedoing’ of economy: Rahul Gandhi

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ The Opposition on Sunday attacked the Modi government over demonetisation, with former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi saying the only “unfortunate success” of the 2016 move was the “torpedoing” of India’s economy.

Taking to Twitter, Gandhi tagged the screenshot of a media report which cited Reserve Bank of India’s annual report to state there was 100 per cent increase in fake Rs 500 notes and 50 per cent increase in counterfeit Rs 2,000 currency notes.”The only unfortunate success of Demonetisation was the TORPEDOING of India’s economy,” he said in a tweet.

TMC leader Derek O’brien also slammed the government over the RBI report’s findings. “Namaskar Mr PM @narendramodi, DEMONETIZATION? Remember? And how @MamataOfficial swiftly took you on ? How you promised the nation Demo would WIPE OUT ALL COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY. Here’s the latest RBI report pointing out the huge increase in counterfeit notes,” he said in a tweet.