Mamata calls govt’s move on currency notes ‘Draconian’
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has criticised the government’s decision over ₹500, ₹1000 currency notes, stating "Withdraw this draconian decision. “Heartless and ill-conceived blow on the common people and the middle class in the fake name of anti-corruption,” she tweeted. They couldn't bring back the promised black money, so it's a drama to divert the failure, she added.