"I don't see any farmers here. This is all bogey," the Attorney General responded before a bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur when senior advocate Kapil Sibal and others contended that the government was not allowing deposits of old currency notes of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 in the district cooperative banks on which farmers are dependent.
However, Sibal, appearing for some of the petitioners, said, "The Attorney General should not make fun of us."
Rohatgi also said that the advocates have filed the petitions and raising objections on the guidelines that fixed a limit of Rs 24,000 withdrawal a week.
"They are making political arguments. Lawyers have filed petitions under Article 32 of the Constitution. Is it their own case?," he said and repeated that he did not see any farmer challenging the demonetisation notification.
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