Mumbai: In a move to highlight the pain and anguish faced by common man after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's sudden decision to discontinue Rs 500 and 1000 currency notes, Giridhar Menon, husband of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Preeti Sharma Menon, cited 'Modi' as the reason for cash withdrawal from a bank.
According to Preeti Sharma Menon, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Executive Member and AAP Maharashtra's senior leader, her husband Giridhar Menon went to HSBC Bank and presented a cheque of Rs 10,000 for withdrawal.
Noticing that Menon had mentioned 'Modi' as the reason for withdrawal, the bank official was initially reluctant to clear the cheque. The official however agreed to clear the cheque after hours of debate.
"HSBC refusing to let my husband withdraw money from his account because he wrote 'Modi' as the reason", Preeti Sharma Menon said in a tweet Tuesday.
Prime Minister Modi in a televised announcement on November 8 declared that Rs 500 and 1000 currency notes will be discontinued to wipe out the menace of black money. Ever since the decision, there is chaos and anger across India as large number of people line up outside banks and ATMs to withdraw cash and exchange old notes with new ones.
Situation worsened as banks and ATMs did not have enough cash to meet the demands of people.
Bank unions and officials alleged that the government did not do its home work properly before taking the decision that has left the entire country in chaos.
Meanwhile, the opposition parties on Wednesday tried to corner the government in the Rajya Sabha over the demonetisation issue on the first day of the Winter Session of Parliament, accusing it of leaking the information of demonetisation beforehand to a select few and demanded a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the matter.
However, the treasury benches stuck to their guns and asserted that there was no leak and that the move was a "war on corruption".
Speaking on the issue, Deputy Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Anand Sharma termed the move as a "Nadirshahi farman" (autocratic order).
Defending the government, Union Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu said the hardships faced by the people were "birth pangs" which will ultimately result in happy outcome.
Anand Sharma, as also other opposition leaders including Ram Gopal Yadav, who was recently expelled from the Samajwadi Party, demanded a probe into the "selective leakage" of the demonetisation move.
"No ordinance was brought for demonetisation. This is a Nadirshahi farman...Which law gave this government the right to bar me from withdrawing my money from the bank," Anand Sharma said.
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