- Bengal Chief Minister Mamata, and her party led wide protest march and said, "PM suddenly came up with this decision acting like God; Never asked who needs Rs 500/1000 and made the demonetisation move"
- CPM leader Sitaram Yecgury, who also led a protest march lashed out at PM saying, "PM is not appearing before the parliament but delivers speeches in other countries"
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- While Opposition has called the shutdown, major political parties in the opposition in various states are not taking part in the shutdown
- In Bihar's Darbhanga, the leftist parties attempted to halt a moving train and raised several slogans against the government on the railway tracks, in their protest against demonetisation
- In Allahabad, Samajwadi party workers could be seen protesting and raising placards against the ruling party on Monday morning
- All trade unions have also joined hands with the opposition and have declared a shut down. Only the trade union affiliated by Bhartiya Janta party would operate
- The main opposition party, Congress on Sunday Accused the BJP of spreading misinformation, the Congress on Sunday, and said “it has not called for a 'Bharat bandh' or a countrywide shutdown on Monday but 'Jan Aakrosh Diwas' to hold protests over demonetisation”
- "There will be protest rallies; we have not called for a 'Bharat bandh' (shutdown). Misinformation has been spread by the BJP which is ill-informed," said senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh