PC demands Nov 8 RBI meeting mins made public

Stepping up attack on the RBI, former Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday wondered how Urjiti Patel, within 62 days of taking over as the central bank chief, got the idea to turnaround the economy by demonetising 86 per cent of the currency.

Addressing the media on the last day of depositing the invalid notes in banks, Chidambaram also demanded that the agenda and minutes of the crucial RBI Board meeting along with the Cabinet Note of demonetisation be made public. He said that RBI, in the last 20 years, had several illustrious Governors like Bimal Jalan, Y V Reddy, D Subbarao and Raghuram Rajan, but none of them contemplated demonetisation to boost economy.