"This is a crude joke with the people of India," Sharma said in a retort to BJP's plan to mark November 8 as anti-blackmoney day. It would be apt if they observed it as anti-people BJP policies day," he told reporters. "If morality is still a virtue in India s polity, then it is time for Prime Minister Modi to introspect and demit the office he holds," Sharma and Surjewala said. He accused Jaitley of making a "desperate" attempt to save the BJP as the "ground is slipping from beneath" its feet. He also said that against Rs 1,01,183 crore blackmoney unearthed during 2013-14, only Rs 29,211 crore was unearthed during 2016-17 and a total Rs 17,526 crore detected as undisclosed income' during the current year.

Source: dna October 25, 2017 17:41 UTC