Demonetisation a thoughtless decision: Chidambaram

New Delhi : Continuing his attack on the government on the issue of Demonetisation, senior Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram on Sunday described it as a 'thoughtless and rash decision that turned out to be a colossal mistake'.

No elected government in a Democracy has the right to inflict unbearable hardship and misery upon the people. In one of his works, Hippocrates said, “Do no harm”,'Mr Chidambaram said in a series of tweets. 

Noting that a year after demonetisation, every justification trotted out for that decision had been rebutted and ridiculed, Mr Chidambaram said,'let me begin with the justification that was disarmingly simple and had gained considerable traction: ending the counterfeiting of currency. (UNI)