Nitish Kumar had supported the Centre's move to demonetize high currency notes.
Following JDU chief and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar's endorsement to PM Narendra Modi's decision to demonetize Rs 500 Rs 1,000 notes, RJD's Raghuvansh Prasad Singh has said that the alliance does not support the move at all.
"This was CM Nitish Kumar's personal opinion, the alliance has not supported this demonetization move," Singh said. The RJD is JDU's major alliance partner in Bihar.
Kumar had favoured demonetization of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes and sought "action against benami property", even as he slammed the Centre for "not doing its homework" before taking the step causing hardships to the poor.
"I am in favour of the decision to demonetize Rs 1000 and Rs 500 notes which will help end '2 number ka dhanda' (illegal business)," he said addressing a 'Chetna sabha' here at the start of his second leg of 'Nishchay yatra'.
"I want an attack on benami properties earned through illegal means for more effective results against black money," Kumar, who is also the JD(U) national president, said.
Contradicting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's assertions that the poor are "enjoying a sound sleep" after his decision, the Chief Minister claimed, "Farmers and common people toil hard in fields, but those involved in number illegal business buy benami property and enjoy deep sleep."
With reports of inconvenience to the masses standing in serpentine queues outside banks and ATMs pouring in from across the country, Kumar demanded suitable arrangements so that the poor and women can change the demonetized high-value notes easily. Criticising the BJP-led government for "improper" arrangement for undertaking the demonetization exercise resulting in inconvenience to people, Kumar said he always executed programmes for people after meticulously going through minor details.
Accusing BJP of turning its election promise on black money to 'jumla' (false promise), Kumar claimed, "We are not jumla baaz (practitioner of jumla). I make only those promises to people which can be executed." During the second leg of his 'Nishchay yatra', Kumar informed the people about the programmes launched to realise his 'seven resolves' and also the "good results" prohibition is yielding.
With agency inputs.
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