Gujarat Assembly polls 2017 | Former PM Dr Manmohan Singh: Demonetisation was organised loot and legalised plunder

Former Prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said that he had already said that the demonetisation was an organised loot and legalized plunder. 

Here are the live updates-

# This attitude of suspecting everyone to be thief or anti-national, low level rhetoric is damaging to democratic discourse: Manmohan Singh

# By questioning bullet trains does one become anti-development? Does questioning GST & Demonetisation make one a tax evader?: Former PM Manmohan Singh

# When undertaking endeavour of 1 nation 1 tax if PM had taken inspiration from resolve of great Sardar Patel, outcome would've been different- Dr Manmohan Singh

# Did PM consider the alternative of the high speed train by upgrading broad gauge railway?: Former PM Manmohan Singh

# Bullet train, launched with much fan fare, is an exercise in vanity: Former PM Manmohan Singh

# Unprecedented growth of imports by over Rs 45,000 Cr, a 23% increase in a year, and it can be attributed largely to demonetisation, GST: Manmohan Singh

# I can proudly say that we lifted 140 million people out of poverty: Manmohan Singh

# In the 1st half of 2016-17 India's imports from China stood at Rs 1. 96 Lakh Crore. In 2017-18 it increased to Rs 2.41 Lakh Cr: Manmohan Singh

# The fear of tax terrorism has eroded the confidence of Indian business to invest: Manmohan Singh

# We had to run for Chinese imports at the cost of Indian jobs: Manmohan Singh

# This twin (Demonetisation & GST) blow is complete disaster for our economy, it has broken the back of our small businesses: Manmohan Singh

# I repeat what I said in the parliament, this was organised loot & legalized plunder: Manmohan Singh

# To promote less cash economy coercive steps like #Demonetisation are ineffective: Manmohan Singh

# Nowhere in the world has any nation taken such a drastic step that swept off 86% of the currency: Manmohan Singh 

# Tomorrow we mark one year since the disastrous policy was thrust on the people of our country: Dr Manmohan Singh

# 8th November was a black day for our economy & indeed our democracy: Dr Manmohan Singh