Madurai: Demonetisation only brought hardship for the common man, DMK working president M K Stalin said on Wednesday, leading the opposition charge against the NDA government's note ban move on its first anniversary here.
Clad in a black shirt, Stalin led a well-attended 'Karuppu Dinam' (Black Day) protest of the main opposition party in the state here, and raised slogans against the Narendra Modi government on note ban.
Slamming the NDA government on implementing demonetisation, following which then high-value currency notes of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 were withdrawn from circulation, he alleged that it only ended up causing "hardship" for the common man. Following the announcement, people queued up outside banks and ATMs, with some "dying" while waiting in the long lines, in different parts of the country, he said. "This day (November 8) has just turned to be a day that brought despair to 125 crore people of the country although they (BJP) promised they will eradicate black money," Stalin, also Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly, said. The note ban decision was an "unexpected" one and was announced in the night, he said in reference to Modi breaking the news in a televised addressed in the evening of November 8 last year.