Demonetisation largest money-laundering scheme ever: Arun Shourie

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October 4, 2017

Former union minister, economist and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Shourie has stepped up his attack the Narendra Modi government and its policies, terming the demonetisation exercise as a money laundering scheme.

In an interview with NDTV last night he said: "Demonetisation was a money laundering scheme. Because everybody who had black money, converted into white through banks."

Shourie further said that it was conceived by the government, entirely implemented by the government and entirely acclaimed by the government.

The former minister also suggested that none of the stated objectives was really achieved after demonetisation. He said: "Which argument today survives? Black money? All of it turned white. Terrorism? Terrorists are still coming into India. At the end they have nothing to say."

Prime Minister Narednra Modi onNovember 8, the day he announced the demonetisation, had said that the move would destroy black money and would make terrorists bankrupt. Shourie supported Yashwant Sinha and P Chidambaram's latest comments on economic slowdown. He said these economists have been 'talking about facts' that are based on the reports from The Economic Survey and the RBI.

Several economists have expressed their concern over the latest economic slowdown. India's GDP growth for the period of April-June came down to a three-year low of 5.7 per cent . The growth rate declined further from the 6.1 per cent in the preceding quarter. The Economic Survey had projected a growth of 6.75 per cent to 7.5 per cent for 2017-18.

"Is it a fact or not that GDP has collapsed to 3.7 per cent according to the old series? Is it a fact or not that index of industrial production has gone down from about 9 per cent in 2015-16 to about 1.7 per cent in April to July? Is it not a matter of concerned," Shourie asked.

Earlier in September, former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha wrote a hard-hitting article , accusing Finance Minister Arun Jaitley of destroying the economy. He had also termed the demonetisation as an unmitigated economic disaster that has played havoc with businesses.

Sinha had underlined, in the article, the recent economic crisis and said: "Private investment has shrunk as never before in two decades, industrial production has all but collapsed, agriculture is in distress, construction industry, a big employer of the work force, is in the doldrums, the rest of the service sector is also in the slow lane, exports have dwindled, sector after sector of the economy is in distress."

This is not the first time when Shourie has criticized the government and its policies. In January this year, Arun Shourie said that the demonetisation  was the 'greatest economic blunder in 70 years '. While seaking at the National Institute of Advanced Studies in Bengaluru, the former minister in Vajpayee's government said, "Demonetisation is the symptom of a pattern of government where there is no consultation. It may happen again and again."

Nine months later, Shourie again lambasted the top leadership and said those running the government do not seek any advice or hear the facts. He said: "This is a government of two-and-a-half persons, that is, Narendra Modi, Amit Shah and one in-house lawyer. They don't have the expertise and they have surrounded themselves by persons who don't have the expertise."

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Rajkumar
 - 
Wednesday, 4 Oct 2017

Manmohan singh was far far better than jaitley and Feku

Unknown
 - 
Wednesday, 4 Oct 2017

Retired so called intellectuals should not mislead the country. I do not get a single point of argument for the statements made. Let us see logic and statistics. Just because the media wants rubbish and you have an opportunity, plz do not does below. Plz put forth logic so that we citizens can understand something better. Our understanding  of things as of today doesn't tally with the outburst.

Naveen
 - 
Wednesday, 4 Oct 2017

Well said. "Idiotic jolt"

Danish
 - 
Wednesday, 4 Oct 2017

If anybody say against truth modi, Cheddis will say u to go to Pakistan 

Ganesh
 - 
Wednesday, 4 Oct 2017

Not only demonetisation, there are many examples of failed attempts. Gst also in that list. Now we people paying 3taxes. Do you think its easy to pay as being a middle class man

Kumar
 - 
Wednesday, 4 Oct 2017

Sanghis sold thier brain. Even after many destructive decisions they will tell Modi is best and he is doing for our good

Sandesh
 - 
Wednesday, 4 Oct 2017

Feku wont listen. He is in his dreamy world 

Rohit shetty
 - 
Wednesday, 4 Oct 2017

"The king is naked"
Should not tell truth, or else you will get punishment

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She also had a history of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI). Her body was disposed of as per the protocol, officials said.

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July 20,2020

A 32-year-old Dalit man was allegedly stripped and assaulted by a group of 13 youth in Karnataka's Vijayapura for reportedly touching a motorbike of an upper caste owner, police said on Monday.

"On a complaint by the Dalit victim (Kashinath Talwar), we have booked the 13 accused and investigating the incident, which occurred at Minajgi village near Talikoti on July 18," Vijayapura district Superintendent of Police Anupam Agarwal told reporters here.

"Though Talwar claimed that he touched the bike by mistake and pleaded for mercy, he said the accused severely thrashed him with sticks and footwear and took off his pants while he lay on the road haplessly," Agarwal said, citing from the victim's 2-page complaint in Kannada.

A video clip of the assault went viral on the social media and triggered outrage in the district against the upper caste accused, as the intervention by the victim's parents did not stop them from carrying the assault. Vijayapura is 524km northwest of Bengaluru.

Talwar's father Yankappa also alleged that he, his wife and their daughter were also attacked by the accused when they tried to rescue him from being brutally assaulted.

In a related development, two-three women in the village also filed a complaint with the police against Talwar for allegedly eve-teasing and 'flashing' before them.

"We have summoned Talwar to inquire about his conduct as the women alleged that he teased them, touched them inappropriately and exposed his private parts while they were washing clothes outside their houses," Agarwal said.

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According to DHO Sudhirchandra Sooda, two siblings from Hejamadi in Padubidri had tested positive for COVID-19 recently. After shifting to the hospital, when the officials asked them about their primary contacts and travel history, the patients furnished false information.

When the officials collected information from various sources, they realised that the duo had travelled to Bantwal, Kasargod, Ullal and other places in Dakshina Kannada, said Dr Sooda. Hence, the district administration decided to file cases against them, he added.

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