Demonetisation: Congress demands RBI Governor Urjit Patel's resignation

Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday demanded the resignation of RBI Governor Urjit Patel over demonetisation.

“RBI Governor should tender his resignation. If I see the RBI Governor anywhere I won't be able to recognise him as he is hardly visible in newspapers or on TV,” Azad said.

“RBI's autonomy is lost, it has now become a rubber stamp of the Government,” he added.

Several Congress leaders on Wednesday demanded ‘restoration of RBI’s autonomy’ and submitted a memorandum at RBI Headquarter in Mumbai, party leader R S Surjewala said.

Congress workers on Wednesday picketed 25 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) offices across the country to protest against Narendra Modi government's currency ban move.

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