Indian demonetisation Scam ‘Amit Shah’ and BJP accepted Rs 3,118 crore worth demonetised notes

Addressing an emergency conference, the Congress party’s communications in-charge, Randeep Surjewala, said that while people suffered in queues, Within five days of demonetisation, scrapped currency bills worth Rs 3,118.51 crore were deposited in eleven Gujarat district cooperative banks linked to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Congress said today, citing an RTI reply. "It is now officially clear that this entire exercise was the biggest scam in independent India, indulged to convert its ill-gotten 'black money' into 'white'," Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said in a statement.

scamsters converted black money to white.

He alleged that in 11 district cooperative banks in Gujarat headed by BJP leaders, as much as Rs 3,118 crore worth of old notes were deposited within the five days after demonetisation. He told reporters, “PM choreographed the DeMonetisation, leaving out window for black money hoarders to benefit. Nineteen months post Modi Made Disaster of Demonetisation, it is now officially clear that this entire exercise was the biggest scam in Independent India, indulged to convert its ill-gotten Black Money into White.”

“It is time for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah to answer. Will Prime minister Modi hold a probe against Amit Shah, his party MPs and ministers?” he asked.

A beaming Surjewala added, “We expect the prime minister will himself come forward and give answers on the charges against Amit Shah, whom he has appointed. There should be an independent time-bound probe into this entire scam.”

The BJP later used the NABARD's statement to hit back at the Congress. The Ahmedabad DCCB was one of the biggest in the country and it was not out of the ordinary for it to collect such an amount, the BJP said.