Take Manmohan Singh’s words seriously: Sena chief tells Govt

After taking repeated digs at the Centre over demonetisation, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday dubbed the move as “extortion of common man” and asked the BJP to take former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s words on the issue seriously as it came from a “renowned economist”.

“I will not hesitate in taking a critical stand on the process in which demonetisation was implemented,” Thackeray told reporters here.

“The way in which a referendum was sought in Britain before its withdrawal from the European Union, a survey is being done here. But seeing people’s response, their (UK) Prime Minister chose to step down. Will something similar happen here?” he said.

Thackeray was apparently referring to the Prime Minister seeking people’s feedback over demonetisation on the Narendra Modi App, where a number of questions have been posed with regard to scrapping of old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes.

He said there was no point in Modi becoming emotional at a time when people have tears in their eyes.

“One person cannot take a decision for 125 crore people.Before taking the decision to demonetise the currency, people should have been taken into confidence,” he said.