MAMATA LASHES OUT AT DEMODISASTER
Kolkata, Nov. 8: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee described demonetisation as "DeMoDisaster" and turned her Twitterdisplay picture black, on the first anniversary of the event on Wednesday.
Ms Banerjee had on Monday announced her decision to change the display picture on her Twitter account to 'black' on the first anniversary of demonetisation.
"I have turned my Twitter DP black #DeMoDisaster. Let us raise our voices #Nov8BlackDay," the Trinamool Congress supremo wrote on her Twitter handle after turning her DP black this morning.
Banerjee also retweeted her Tuesday’s post on Facebook alleging that the note ban was a "big scam" which was announced to help vested interests convert black money into white money.
"Demonetisation is a big scam. I repeat, demonetisation is a bigscam. If a thorough investigation is conducted, this will be proved,"her Facebook post read.
"Demonetisation was not to combat black money. It was only to convertblack money into white money for vested interests of the politicalparty in power (sic)," she alleged.
TMC had announced that it would observe 'Black Day' on November 8 to protest against demonetisation across West Bengal. The Left parties and the state Congress will also organise rallieson the same issue on Wednesday.