Rahul Gandhi Demands Joint Parliamentary Committee Probe Into Modi’s Demonetisation Decision

Opposition parties came together to protest against demonetisation outside Parliament, with Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi describing it as the world's "biggest impromptu financial experiment" and said they are firm on their demand for a JPC probe into the "scam".

With a united opposition protesting and almost 200 members of parliament from various parties participating in the discussion, the Prime Minister should explain in Parliament why he took such a decision and why he "leaked" the decision to his industrialist friends and BJP leaders, he said.

Opposition MPs including those of Congress, Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party, Trinamool Congress, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist) among others were outside Parliament near Gandhi Statue protesting the demonetisation.

"Our demand is that PM represents the country and he should come to Parliament and sit through the entire debate and hear us out and the other opposition leaders. We feel there is a scam behind this decision. We feel he informed his own people before and the opposition is firm that it wants a Joint Parliamentary Committee," he said.

Gandhi said a cent percent united opposition was standing outside Parliament and the entire opposition is united, over 200 MPs are standing and the Prime Minister should tell why he has taken this decision.

He said all opposition parties, the Congress party and everybody is for fighting corruption and black money.