Currency bar on co-op banks halts rural economy, says Jakhar
Saturday, 19/11/2016
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BATHINDA: Senior Punjab Congress leader Sunil Jakhar on Friday slammed the Centre for barring cooperative banks from accepting `500 and `1,000 notes, saying such a step had totally crippled the rural and agrarian economy.
Addressing a press conference here, Jakhar said the move had directly hit small and marginal farmers as most of them had accounts in these banks only. “Where the farmers will now deposit their cash comprising the scrapped notes now?” he asked. “In one stroke, the Prime Minister has applied brakes on the agrarian economy, quite contrary to his electoral promise of ensuring two-fold increase in farmers’ income,” Jakhar said.
Jakhar said that the Congress would not allow the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), especially the Badals, to take any political mileage over the SYL issue. “Badals cannot escape the other key issues like the drug menace, illegal mining and law and order as these would remain in focus in the assembly polls,” he said.
