Currency ban: UP CM urges Centre to ensure no adverse impact on poor

09 November, Lucknow

Samajwadi Party leader and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has urged the Centre to ensure that the decision to ban RS 1,000 and Rs 500 currency notes does not have an adverse impact on the poor, farmers and villagers.

Reacting to the Centre’s decision, in an official release, Yadav also urged the Centre it to arrange for special camps in villages for exchanging currency notes as banks were not easily accessible in the rural areas.