LUCKNOW: Terming demonetisation decision as imposition of "undeclared economic emergency" in the country, BSP supremo Mayawati today alleged that the Modi government was diverting attention of voters in Uttar Pradesh from failures of NDA government "Just before UP elections , Modi has realised the problem of black money after remaining in the saddle at the Centre for two-and-a-half years. "It is being said that the decision was taken by Modi after making his party economically strong by helping industrialists and capitalists to harass people. By terming it a surgical strike, BJP president Amit Shah is doing 'andh-bhakti' (blind support) on Modi," she said. "The black money government collected from this scheme should be utilised in welfare of dalits and backwards. There is no visible difference between previous Congress-led government and the present BJP government as both are anti-people," she said.

Source: Economic Times November 10, 2016 10:45 UTC