Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday remarked on the number of people who have allegedly died because of demonetisation. He said the number of people who have died because of demonetisation is greater than the ones in Uri terror attack. Blaming the government for bad policy making, Azad asked who should be punished for it.

Azad also added that air strikes should be made against BJP for making such policies.

After drawing sharp flak from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, on 17 November, shot back at the ruling dispensation and said that anyone who questions the BJP is either is dubbed as an 'anti-national or Pakistani'..