Rahul to student: Demonetisation was crazy, says Chidambaram

Mysuru, Mar 24 Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday proceeded with his tirade against demonetisation and the Goods and Services Tax (GST) while saying that both did massive damage to Indian economy and job creation.

"I think demonetisation was a mistake and should not have been finished. Demonetisation and GST were huge harm to the Indian economy and occupation creation. I have an issue with the way demonetisation was completed, RBI representative, Chief Economic Advisor, Finance Minister, none of them knew about it. When I called Chidambaram, he called demonetisation crazy," Rahul said while connecting with the student at Maharani's Arts College for Women in Mysuru.

Reacting on the multi-thousand-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case, the Congress leader stated, "Nirav Modi took Rs 22,000 crore of bank cash. Would you be able to envision what number of organizations could have been worked by young ladies like you in the event that we had given Rs 22,000 crore to you?"

Rahul further stated, "We are becoming pretty modestly as an economy but we are not making occupations, it is on the grounds that the those who have skills don't approach back and bolster. The issue is, huge amount of cash goes to 15-20 people."

Earlier in the day, the Congress chief, alongside Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, went to Chamundeshwari Temple in Mysuru.

Ahead of the election in the 224-member assembly in Karnataka, the state has seen visit visits by national leader, from both the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

While the ruling Congress is trying to retain power in Karnataka, the BJP is looking at to grab the southern state from it.