Modi Must and Should Resign, Says Trinamool 

New Delhi: With his self-imposed 50-day deadline ending on Friday, the Trinamool Congress asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to own up responsibility for the adverse effects of demonetisation and resign.

"The Prime Minister set a 50-day deadline -- 110 people have died, the economy is in a mess, the original motives he set out with -- ending funding of terrorism, black money, corruption -- nothing has happened," Trinamool spokesperson Derek O'Brien said.

The Rajya Sabha member called Modi's November 8 move to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes a "complete failure" and attributed electoral motive behind it.

The timing of this is awry, the planning is awry and the implementation is awry. The only thing they are doing good is spinning the narrative of taking from the rich to give to the poor. This is a bogus!

"The timing of this is awry, the planning is awry and the implementation is awry. The only thing they are doing good is spinning the narrative of taking from the rich to give to the poor. This is a bogus," he said.

"Modi and (BJP chief) Amit Shah have some serious answering to do. The PM has to answer what has he achieved at the end of this huge exercise," he said.

With Modi set to address the nation on New Year's eve, O'Brien said it was a good day for him to put in his papers.

--IANS