Demonetisation: Kejriwal says PM Modi using his mother for politics

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi Nov 15, 2016: Prime Minister Narendra Modi used his nonagenarian mother for politics by letting her stand in queue to exchange old currency, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Tuesday.

 

In a tweet, Kejriwal said Modi didn’t do the right thing by letting his 97-year-old mother Hiraben Modi stand in queue at a local bank in Gandhinagar – images of which were beamed live on national television.

“If there was a need to stand in line, I would stand myself, not my mother.”

Kejriwal and Modi have a bitter history of confrontation and the Delhi CM has often blamed the prime minister for not letting the city government work. He has also called Modi a coward in the past.

Earlier in the day, Hiraben – accompanied by relatives -- came to a branch of Oriental Bank of Commerce at Raisan village to get banknotes worth Rs 4,500 exchanged .

She was one of millions of similar consumers who have lined up outside banks and ATMs to get cash following a surprise recall of high-value currency by Modi last Tuesday.

Agencies reported that Hiraben came to the bank with Rs 500 notes, got the mandatory form filled, put her thumb impression on the form and exchanged her money.

After receiving a new note of Rs 2,000, she also displayed it in front of the mediapersons.

She lives with Modi’s younger brother Pankaj in Raisan on the outskirts of Gandhinagar.