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Congress on Monday announced it will hold country-wide protests on 5 January at all district headquarters and on 8 January at the block level to highlight the common man's woes due to demonetisation and the "personal corruption" by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
At a meeting of all top Congress leaders chaired by the party's vice president Rahul Gandhi, it was decided to involve the commoner in the fight against demonetisation.
Sources said the Congress will also hold pressers across the country at the central and the state level on 29 and 30 December and later on 2 January at the district level, where the "personal corruption" by the Prime Minister and sufferings of common people will be highlighted.
The meeting was attended by all party general secretaries and secretaries, PCC chiefs and other top leaders at the central and the state level.
The sources said that in the first phase, the Congress will agitate at district headquarters on 5 January and in the second phase, it will take this fight to the block level with the Mahila Congress holding agitations and demonstrations on 8 January.
Addressing party members, Gandhi alleged demonetisation has turned out to be a “scam” and that the Prime Minister has “indulged” in corruption and has not come clean on the “Sahara diaries” bribery issue.
"If an independent probe is held, Modi ji will stand exposed," he is reported to have said at the meeting.
Gandhi also asked party cadres to gear up for taking their fight to the public and highlight the "personal corruption" by the Prime Minister and the woes of the common man due to the note ban.
During the meeting, Gandhi sought feedback from state leaders on note ban woes.
Starting 29 and 30 December, the Congress will push for withdrawal of all financial restrictions imposed on the common man post-demonetisation and ask the government to allow the public to deposit and withdraw money freely from their bank accounts.
We will also highlight the personal corruption by the Prime Minister... and the sufferings of the common people due to demonetisation.Randeep Surjewala, Congress chief spokesperson
The party will focus on highlighting "losses suffered by people, who lost their jobs due to demonetisation, contraction of the economy and the hardships of the poor, farmers and traders".
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while announcing the decision to invalidate Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes on 8 November, had said that there would be some inconvenience to people for the initial 50-day period that ends on 30 December.
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