Samvidhan Ki Shapath: Demonetisation biggest failure of BJP govt, says Congress

Congress Party on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government citing Reserve Bank of India (RBI) annual report and termed demonetisation as its biggest failure.

During a press briefing on Wednesday in Delhi, Congress spokesperson Manish Tiwari said, "As a consequence of demonetisation the number of fake currency which was detected was 7.6 Lakh pieces but the same figure in 2015-16 was 6.3 Lakh pieces. So as a consequence of this elaborate exercise which caused pain to million, only 1.3 Lakh extra pieces of fake currency were identified."