Opposition to observe 8 November as 'Black Day' to protest demonetisation

New Delhi: Opposition parties on Tuesday said they would observe 8 November as Black Day to protest against the “ill-conceived” decision of the government to spike Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes, a year ago. [caption id=“attachment_2116273” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] File image of Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad. AFP[/caption] Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad told reporters that the Opposition parties have worked out a joint strategy and would register their protest against the 8 November, 2016, demonetisation decision. “Demonetisation was an ill-conceived and hasty decision of the government. It is unprecedented, perhaps in the entire world, that a government had to alter its policy 135 times within a month,” Azad said, recalling how the government kept changing its rules in the aftermath of the note ban last year. The decision to mark 8 November as the Black Day was taken at a coordination meeting on Monday that was attended by JD(U) rebel leader Sharad Yadav, CPM’s D Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi, BSP’s Satish Mishra and Trinamool Congress’ Derek O’Brien.