Jan Vedana Sammelan: Rahul Gandhi says demonetisation move was taken without consulting RBI, was PM Modi's personal decision

Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday addressed the audience at national convention on demonetisation, Jan Vedana Sammelan in Delhi. 

The convention has been called in the wake of demonetisation sending yet another signal that his elevation to the post of party chief is just a matter of time.

Here are the Live updates:

#When a judge sits he represents the spirit of the people of the country

#All the service that Congress did to institutions, judiciary, RBI, respect of press in 70 years, Modi govt and RSS destroyed it all in just 2.5 years 

#PM Modi must ask why has the demand for MNREGA suddenly surged, why are people migrating for villages instead of cities

#Through demonetisation, they have broken the financial backbone of the country

#Achhe din will come when Congress returns to power in 2019

#Demonetisation is a personal decision of PM Modi

#I notice things, PM Modi did a lot of yoga but did no padmaasan

#2 1/2 yrs back, PM Modi asked everything to join Swacch Bharat, the drama continued for a few days; then Make in India, Skill India

#Our friends in the media are under constraints. They come to me & say they want to say some thing but can't

#People of country are wondering when are 'Acche din going to come'. I'll tell them it will come when Congress comes to power again

#Acche din are only going to come when Congress party is going to come in power in 2019

#Today I read in newspaper that PM said he will transform India. But PM needs to ask himself why suddenly auto sales have fallen

#Prime Minister needs to spend sometime with the poor, farmers of the country and ask them why suddenly ppl are running to villages?

#Today they (BJP) have weakened every institution. 1st time in history Prime Minister of India is being ridiculed

#We do not need to explain what we did or didn't do for last 70 years. BJP under PM Modi has done in 2 1/2 years what we couldn't do

#I can name state after state where Congress workers & leaders have sacrificed their sweat and blood

#People of the country understand the blood and tears that our leaders have given for this country

#The BJP & our PM are in the habit of saying that what Cong did in the last 70 years, people of country know that

Rahul had presided over the party's foundation day function on December 28 last and two months back, had chaired a meeting of the Working Committee in the absence of party chief Sonia Gandhi who was said to be unwell.

#WATCH "'Acche Din' (good days) will only come when Congress party comes back to power, in 2019," says Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi pic.twitter.com/4wMtOJpxaN

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