Govt printing 2 kinds of ₹500, ₹2000 notes: Congress
The Congress, with support from the Trinamool Congress and the Janata Dal (United) claimed in Rajya Sabha that government was printing two kinds of ₹500 and ₹2,000 notes, calling it the "biggest scam of this century". Congress leader Kapil Sibal claimed that different sizes of new notes were printed, "one for the ruling party (members) and one for the others".