New Delhi, Nov 8 (PTI) Several opposition parties slammed the BJP-led Union government on Saturday over the 2016 demonetisation exercise, terming it a "disastrous Tughlakian decision" and the "biggest fraud on Indians" that devastated the livelihoods of crores of people and crippled trade.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced demonetisation on November 8, 2016, stopping the currency notes of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 from circulation and announcing that they would not be legal tenders any longer.

Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said the Indian economy lost its momentum on account of the "Notebandi" and has never really recovered after that.

"Today is the ninth anniversary of the singularly disastrous, Tughlakian decision relating to demonetisation.

"The livelihoods of crores of In

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