India's Rs 2,000 notes face withdrawal and opposition criticism.
TL;DR
Opposition parties, including Congress, CPI, CPI(M), and AAP, criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the RBI's announcement of withdrawing Rs 2,000 currency notes from circulation. Congress called it a "typical" move of Modi's "first act, second think" method and said demonetisation has come full circle. Left parties attacked the government over the issue, and the TMC questioned the BJP's "Modinomic masterstroke." The RBI announced that existing Rs 2,000 notes in circulation can either be deposited in bank accounts or exchanged by September 30.
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