Only party flush with cash is the BJP?

It was a field day for the opposition with the “No cash” banners back in the ATMs and long queues in front of those few ATMs still working.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi, in Amethi remarked that the “terror of note ban” had returned and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of ‘destroying’ the banking sector with demonetisation. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi took out of ₹500/₹1000 notes from your pockets and put it in Nirav Modi’s pocket. PM calls him as Nirav and Mehulbhai. He can go around the country but doesn’t have the time to speak for 15 minutes because he wont be able to stand there.”

CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, in a series of tweets, said people no longer trusted the government’s claim of adequate cash. “ATMs were empty in November 2016. ATMs are empty now. And the only party flush with cash is the BJP: People suffer.”

Mamata Bannerjee, one of the most vocal leaders in the opposition asked if there is now a financial emergency? “Seeing reports of ATMs running out of cash in several States. Big notes missing. Reminder of Demonetisation days. Is there a Financial Emergency going on in the country?”