Demonetisation: Congress calls for protests in Telangana

Hyderabad: TPCC president N. Uttam Kumar Reddy told party cadre across the state to hold protest demonstrations and burn the effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday for the “total failure” of the NDA government on the demonstration.

In a statement issued on Sunday, Mr Uttam Kumar Reddy said demonetisation had brought misery to the poor, middle class, and housewives across the country. The Congress was against black money but the manner in which Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes had been demonetised without application of mind and planning had resulted in chaos, he said.

He said the protest demonstrations and effigy-burning will be held in all district headquarters on Monday, and appealed to cadres to participate in large numbers.