Defending his ‘Pagla Modi’ remark, Congress leader Adhir Rajan Chowdhury issued a clarification and said that he was just saying what are the “feelings” of the public and why people are paying PM’s Rs 2000. How are you reacting to the decision to withdraw the notes.
Addressing a press conference on the Rs 2000 note issue, West Bengal Congress President Adhir Chowdhary said: “…he is not Modi, but pagla Modi. People used to call him Pagla Modi.”
Commenting on the recent meeting between AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata, Chowdhary said, “There is growing disenchantment with Modi among the people of India. People are calling Modi ‘mad’ Modi. Public sentiment is turning against Modi, parties like AAP and TMC are trying to gain relevance.”
BJP’s Bengal chief Sukanta Majumdar, however, condemned Ranjan’s remarks. Majumdar took to Twitter and wrote: “Congress leader Adhir Ranjan again abuses PM Modi and calls him ‘pagla’. He has repeatedly used foul language. He is a repeat offender. I strongly condemn it. He should apologize immediately.”
Opposition leaders also attacked the government over the withdrawal of Rs 2000 notes, with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee describing it as a “Tughlaqi demonetisation drama” and the Congress wondering if it was another “demonetisation”. “It was practice.
The BJP dismissed this as any demonetisation and instead reminded the Congress that old notes were demonetised during Manmohan Singh’s regime as well.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) made a surprise announcement on Friday but gave time till September 30 to the public to either deposit Rs 2,000 notes in accounts or exchange them with banks.
It said it has asked banks to stop issuing Rs 2,000 notes with immediate effect.
Banerjee said the move would “put common people in trouble once again”.
He said in a tweet, “Another whimsical and Tughlaqi demonetisation drama of Rs 2,000 notes will once again put the common people in trouble by causing massive distress. These draconian measures are meant to hide the fundamentally anti-people and crony capitalist nature of this regime.
Congress’s Adhir defends ‘Pagla Modi’ remark over Rs 2,000 after backlash, says ‘people call him that’
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary made this comment while speaking at a press conference.
Addressing a press conference on the Rs 2000 note issue, West Bengal Congress President Adhir Chowdhary said: “…he is not Modi, but Pagla Modi. People used to call him Pagla Modi.”
Defending his ‘Pagla Modi’ remark, Congress leader Adhir Rajan Chowdhury issued a clarification and said that he was just saying what are the “feelings” of the public and why people are paying PM’s Rs 2000. How are you reacting to the decision to withdraw the notes.
Addressing a press conference on the Rs 2000 note issue, West Bengal Congress President Adhir Chowdhary said: “…he is not Modi, but pagla Modi. People used to call him Pagla Modi.”
Commenting on the recent meeting between AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata, Chowdhary said, “There is growing disenchantment with Modi among the people of India. People are calling Modi ‘mad’ Modi. Public sentiment is turning against Modi, parties like AAP and TMC are trying to gain relevance.”
BJP’s Bengal chief Sukanta Majumdar, however, condemned Ranjan’s remarks. Majumdar took to Twitter and wrote: “Congress leader Adhir Ranjan again abuses PM Modi and calls him ‘pagla’. He has repeatedly used foul language. He is a repeat offender. I strongly condemn it. He should apologize immediately.”
Opposition leaders also attacked the government over the withdrawal of Rs 2000 notes, with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee describing it as a “Tughlaqi demonetisation drama” and the Congress wondering if it was another “demonetisation”. “It was practice.
The BJP dismissed this as any demonetisation and instead reminded the Congress that old notes were demonetised during Manmohan Singh’s regime as well.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) made a surprise announcement on Friday but gave time till September 30 to the public to either deposit Rs 2,000 notes in accounts or exchange them with banks.
It said it has asked banks to stop issuing Rs 2,000 notes with immediate effect.
Banerjee said the move would “put common people in trouble once again”.
He said in a tweet, “Another whimsical and Tughlaqi demonetisation drama of Rs 2,000 notes will once again put the common people in trouble by causing massive distress. These draconian measures are meant to hide the fundamentally anti-people and crony capitalist nature of this regime.