“Don’t underestimate the silence of a man. Silence is the beginning of a new revenge”
Known as the ‘Silencer’ of India, Ex-PM Manmohan Singh had a bad reputation of keeping mum on important issues concerning the country. But, he’s no more silent now. November 24, a historic day in Indian history will be remembered for two unexpected happenings– Manmohan’s speech and Modi’s silence. In the Winter Session of Parliament today, we saw Manmohan speaking on implications of demonetisation.
Living up to his reputation of economic expert, when the former PM started with his speech on ‘How demonetisation will Effect Indian Economy in the long run’, he came down hard on PM Modi, effectively silencing the opposition with his crisp, to-the-point statements and sarcastic jabs.
Dr. Manmohan Singh’s speech reflected poor implementation of currency ban by RBI and Modi government.
Starting on a positive note, Singh agreed that Modi government’s efforts of curbing black money will prevent fake currency problems and terrorism funding in India. Terming it as ‘monumental mismanagement’, he pointed out at currency crunch that followed demonetisation. It is detrimental to India’s economy, which could shrink to 2% point due to market fluctuations. Though the government has demanded 50 days to normalize this situation, it’ll be a tough time for common man, especially the poor, everyday workers, thereby completing eroding their trust in government and banks. Last but not the least, it’s disastrous for Indian agriculture, especially since it’s the Rabi season. After putting up his points in front of the House, he requested the government to come up with pragmatic solutions to this problem.
This is how Manmohan effectively stole the show from BJP leaders in the Parliament today.
10 Best Quotes from Manmohan Singh Speech at Parliament
- “The demonetisation drive is a monumental mismanagement failure”.
- “My own view is that GDP growth can fall by 2 per cent and that is an underestimate”, Singh said, with Modi listening on from the treasury benches.
- “This will hurt agriculture, small industry and everyone in the unorganised sector”.
- “The demonetisation drive will have disastrous effect on economy”.
- “The prime minister said to wait for 50 days…but for poor people, even 50 days can be detrimental”.
- “It is important to take note of the grievances of the people suffering”.
- “Sixty to sixty-five people have lost their lives, what has been done can weaken our people’s confidence in currency and banking system”.
- “I want to ask PM that can he name any country where people have deposited their money but are not able to withdraw it”.
- “The prime minister must come up with some constructive proposal on how we can implement the scheme”.
- “Those who say demonetisation is good in the long run should recall the quote: ‘In the long run we are all dead”.
It was indeed Manmohan’s day today. Hearing him speak in favour of a common man’s problems, the ruling BJP leaders agreed with his sentiments. To come up with concreted measures to solve the existing currency crunch in the market, PM Modi had called in a meeting with Cabinet ministers at 8pm tonight. Despite his silence in the Parliament today, the entire country looks forward to how the PM will solve this issue in future.
