New Delhi, Feb. 10: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar today advocated Opposition unity in which it would set the agenda and called demonetisation a "monumental management failure". Looking at Congress vice-president Rahul, Nitish said: "Why should they set the agenda; why can't Rahul set the agenda?" Echoing former Prime Minister Singh, who had termed demonetisation "organised loot and legalised plunder", Nitish said the note recall was a "monumental management failure". Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has been at the forefront of the campaign against the note-recall. On demonetisation, Nitish said today: "Most political parties were supportive of the intended goals of demonetisation.

Source: The Telegraph February 10, 2017 22:01 UTC