Need of the hour is opposition unity: Nitish Kumar at Chidambaram’s book launch

Calling demonetisation a big blunder, Chidambaram said it is possible that popular silence is being interpreted as popular support. “Without an Opposition there is no democracy,” he said.

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (L) and Rahul Gandhi at the launch of P Chidambaram’s book. (Source: Express photo)

Kumar, who was part of the panel with CPM leader Sitaram Yechury and Kapil Sibal of the Congress, said no one immediately opposed the note ban. “Now we need to ask how much black money has come out after so many days of the move,” Kumar said.

Yechury said the support was against black money and not for demonetisation. Opposition unity can come and will come on a certain set of agreed policies, the CPM chief said.

Sibal asked how the Rs 15,00,000 crore came back into the system as is being claimed. “That can only be if you are confident that the taxman is not coming after me. How did that happen… unless the banking system is in collusion with the political system,” he said.

Calling this the biggest scam that has happened in the history of India, Sibal said, these questions need to be answered.