new delhi opposition leaders on saturday hit out at the government after the rbi announced the withdrawal of rs 2000 currency notes from circulation with congress president mallikarjun kharge asking if the second demonetisation is an effort to cover up the wrong decision made earlierhe also called for an impartial probe into the entire demonetisation episodein a surprise move the reserve bank of india rbi on friday announced the withdrawal of rs 2000 currency notes from circulation but gave the public time till september 30 to either deposit such notes in accounts or exchange them at banksit said it had asked banks to stop issuing rs 2000 notes with immediate effectin a tweet in hindi kharge said you inflicted a deep wound on the economy with the first demonetisation due to this the entire unorganised sector was destroyed msmes were closed down and crores of jobs were lostnow the second demonetisation of rs2000 note is this a coverup of a wrong decision only an unbiased investigation will reveal the truth of the matter the congress chief saidindependent rajya sabha mp kapil sibal also attacked the centre over the decision and recalled prime minister narendra modis remarks at the time of the 2016 demonetisation that the magnitude of cash in circulation is directly linked to the level of corruptionhe said rs 2000 notes scrapped pm to nation november 8 2016 the magnitude of cash in circulation is directly linked to the level of corruption cash in circulation 2016 177 lakh crores 2022 3018 lakh crores so corruption increased what say you pm jisibal was a union minister during upa 1 and 2 and had quit the congress in may last year he was elected to rajya sabha as an independent member with the samajwadi partys supporttrinamool congress mp mahua moitra said no civilised nation puts its people under constant fear of cash turning to toilet paper why should we stress about our wallets vaporising every few yearsbjp modijis distractions cut no ice you lost karnataka you will lose more states also you cannot save adani she saidreacting to the development aimim chief asaduddin owaisi posed five questions to modifive questions to top economist pm modipmoindia 1 why did you introduce the 2000 note in the first place 2 can we expect 500 note to be withdrawn soon 3 70 crore indians dont have a smart phone how do they do digital payment4 what is the role of bill gates owned better than cash alliance in making you do demo 10 and 20 5 is npci being hacked by chinese hackers if so what will happen to payements when war happens he askeda host of congress leaders also slammed the pm over the movein a tweet congress general secretary organisation kc venugopal said i recollect the prescient words of our former pm dr manmohan singh who called demonetisation an act of organised loot and legalised plunder and its implementation was a monumental management failurethe scrapping of the rs 2000 note is