Samajwadi Party inciting violence at banks, ATMs: BJP
Asking UP government to cooperate in efforts to transport currency notes across the state from its capital Lucknow.
New Delhi: The BJP on Sunday warned the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) of election-bound state of Uttar Pradesh of “serious consequences” if it uses official machinery to incite violence as people wait in queues outside banks and ATMs.
Accusing the ruling SP of conspiring to incite violence, the BJP alleged that it wants the Central government’s ambitious demonetisation exercise to fail ahead of the Assembly elections. Asking UP government to cooperate in efforts to transport currency notes across the state from its capital Lucknow, the BJP warned of “serious consequences” if it uses official machinery, including the police, to spark violence.
BJP national secretary Shrikant Sharma said people across the country, including UP, have supported demonetisation despite facing hardships, as it has dealt a blow to black money, corruption and fake currency.
The party claimed that things are “slowing improving, queues are getting shorter as more currency notes are being pumped into the financial system.”
“Difficulty remains in some places but people are supporting the central government. The SP government is looking to incite violence using police ....Demonetisation is not against a political party and we expect the Akhilesh Yadav government to not incite people into violence by using police. If it does anything of this sort, then it will have to pay serious consequences,” said Mr Sharma.
The BJP, which has been out of power in this politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh for more than 14 years, has been getting negative feedback from the ground on the demonetisation issue as the hardship due to cash crunch continues.
He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sought a 50-day period for the difficulties faced by the people to be over and things will pan out accordingly.