Opposition to observe November 8 as Black Day to protest note ban

New Delhi Oct 24 (IANS) Opposition parties on Tuesday said they would observe November 8 as Black Day to protest against the "ill-conceived" decision of the government to spike Rs 500 and Rs 1 000 currency notes a year ago.

Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad told reporters that the opposition parties have worked out a joint strategy and would register their protest against the November 8 2016 demonetisation decision.

"Demonetisation was an ill-conceived and hasty decision of the government. It is unprecedented perhaps in the entire world that a government had to alter its policy 135 times within a month " Azad said recalling how the government kept changing its rules in the aftermath of the note ban last year.

The decision to mark November 8 as the black day was taken at a coordination meeting on Monday that was attended by JD-U rebel leader Sharad Yadav CPI MP D. Raja DMK MP Kanimozhi BSP s Satish Mishra and Trinamool Congress Derek O Brien.

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