Speaking to reporters at Shivaji Park in Mumbai, on Thursday, which is the fourth death anniversary of late Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray, Uddhav said while they were with the Centre in the war against black money, the people needed a relief from the hardships faced by them.
A day after the Shiv Sena joined hands with West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee to march to Rashtrapati Bhavan on the demonetization move by the Narendra Modi-led government, party president Uddhav Thackeray said the hardships faced by the people after the delegalisation of high-value notes needed to be alleviated.
Speaking to reporters at Shivaji Park in Mumbai, on Thursday, which is the fourth death anniversary of late Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray, Uddhav said while they were with the Centre in the war against black money, the people needed a relief from the hardships faced by them.
Uddhav sought that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) withdraw its curbs on allowing district banks to exchange Rs500 and Rs1,000 currency notes. Uddhav said he had told Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who had called him, that "if the intention was good, the procedure also needed to be good." The Shiv Sena has also sought an extension of the deadline for exchanging and accepting old notes.
It is believed that Singh shared with the Sena chief the government's steps to ease the pressure on citizens queuing up at banks and ATMs amid a massive cash crunch. Rajnath is also believed to have told the Sena chief that government and NDA allies all need to speak in one voice on the floor of the Parliament.
The Sena has been strongly critical of the government on the decision. Amid relentless queues at ATMs and banks for cash, Uddhav accused the government of 'torturing people' and warned Prime Minister Modi of a 'surgical strike' by people. "If you have guts, conduct a surgical strike on Swiss Banks where Indian money is stashed. Bring back this black money," he said, adding, "Do not betray the people's trust or you will see the impact of peoples' 'surgical strike' against you."
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