Congress has taken strong exception to govt's decision to put indelible ink on people who are coming to banks to exchange their old notes. Congress on accused the government of "branding" people through its "fascist act" of inking those exchanging demonetised currency notes even as it charged Prime Minister Narendra Modi with "disrespecting" Parliament by not hearing out concerns raised by members on demonetization. "The decision to put indelible ink on fingers of account holders is a senseless, Fascist and Nazist act of branding people. Instead of sermonising, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Finance minister should hang their heads in shame and apologise to the people," he told PTI. He said the Prime Minister saying that he will not answer the concerns raised by opposition members in Parliament shows how he is "disrespecting" Parliament.

Source: dna November 17, 2016 17:53 UTC