Modi's New Year's eve speech disappointing, says Arvind Kejriwal

Kejriwal said prime minister for "not offering any relief" to the people suffering due to demonetisation.

New Delhi, Dec 31: Terming Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address as "disappointing", Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today accused him of "cheating" people and claimed that "not a single penny" of black money was recovered and there was no reduction in corruption due to demonetisation.

He also hit out at the prime minister for "not offering any relief" to the people suffering due to demonetisation. In a series of tweets, Kejriwal said, "Modiji sounds so hollow now. People have stopped believing anything that he says. He has become a subject of ridicule internationally.

"Modiji has cheated the entire nation. Neither a single penny of black money has been recovered nor has corruption come down. He has lost all credibility. "Prime Minister's boring speech was heard patiently by the people in the hope that he will announce when can they withdraw their own money without restriction. In the end, they were disappointed."

Senior AAP leader Ashutosh also accused the prime minister of trying to "bribe" the people hit by the currency ban "by offering them sops" and termed his address as an "election speech". "Modi's speech was not about demonetisation, but about election.

He tried to bribe the people of India who are angry with him by giving them sops," he said.

PTI