Opposition has lost glow after note ban, says Amit Shah

Bhubaneswar: BJP president Amit Shah on Friday claimed that the demonetisation of high-value currency notes had given sleepless nights to leaders of the Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samajwadi Party, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)  and Trinamul Congress.

Addressing the party’s Jana Jagaran Mahasangram public rally here, Mr Shah, in his usual aggressive style, took potshots at the Opposition parties, especially the SP, BSP, AAP and TMC, for protesting against the scrapping of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, and said no amount of resistance could stop the process launched to flush out the black money.

“After the PM announced the demonetisation of high-value currency notes as a part of his promise to unearth and demolish the black money, what you find now is that leaders like Mulayam (Mulayam Singh Yadav), Mamata (Mamata Banerjee), Maya (Mayawati) and AAP leaders have lost glow in their faces. Now, it is quite obvious why they are raising their voice against Mr Modi and the NDA government,” the saffron party president said.

Mr Shah came down heavily upon the previous UPA government for adopting a lenient approach towards Pakistan despite the neighbour country’s continuous aggression on the Line of Control and sponsoring cross-border terrorism.

“During the previous UPA government, the Army had to take permission from Delhi to retaliate any assault on our soldiers on the borers. Now, it has been given full clearance to take the decision on its own, as and when required. Each bullet fired by Pakistan is being replied by several bullets,” he said.

Claiming that India has emerged as one of the fastest growing economies under the leadership of PM Modi, he said the country has now joined the elite league of nations due to the PM’s successful trips to various countries.