After leading a march of opposition parties to Rashtrapati Bhawan on Wednesday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said now common people have to wait for cash to arrive in ATMs, which was initially meant to dispense cash whenever a user needed it.
“Initially ATM meant ‘All time Money’ now it is ‘Aayega tab milega’,” she said.
Banerjee led her party’s 44 MPs in a one-km march from the Parliament House to the President Pranab Mukherjee to submit a petition to President Pranab Mukherjee against the government’s “hasty” decision.
Raising slogans against the BJP-led NDA regime, the TMC leaders staged a protest outside the Rashtrapati Bhawan while demanding that demonetisation should be withdrawn with immediate effect and brought after a thorough planning and discussion.
“This should be done in a planned way. It should be more articulated. More strong steps are required to recover black money. We demand that keep the decision pending, make an articulated plan. It was a hasty and unprepared situation,” TMC leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay told the media.
The issue of demonetisation created furore in the Upper House on Wednesday with a riled Opposition reprimanding the government over its decision.
