"May I appeal to all political parties in the Opposition to work together boldly against the anti-poor government at the Centre. Let us fight this political and financial anarchy together. We will be with you all," Banerjee said in a statement.
Earlier, reacting to a question on how will the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes play out for the BJP in the Uttar Pradesh polls, she told reporters at the state secretariat, "They will suffer a big loss. A wrong message has gone to the people. It won't be able to control the damage."
Mocking the Prime Minister, she said Narendra Modi "has gone to Japan after making the people poor in India."
Prime Minister Modi today embarked on a three-day visit to Japan.
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"They had promised to return black money from abroad. They couldn't do it and has turned common people beggars. Who gave them this right?" Banerjee said.
Saying that India was now going through a phase of "financial anarchy", she pointed out how even her own household was suffering as she had to live on 'muri' and 'aalu bhaja' for dinner tonight.
After Prime Minister Narendra Modi's surprise announcement on Tuesday evening, Banerjee had slammed the Centre for the move and said it had resulted in "complete disaster and chaos".
She had urged the Modi government to rescind the "hasty decision".
TMC leader in the Upper House Derek OBrien told PTI, "Today we gave a notice in the Rajya Sabha to discuss the issue suspending business under Rule 267 on November 16."
Party leader in the Lok Sabha Sudip Bandopadhyay also said the party would bring an adjournment motion in the Lower House on the same issue on November 16.
He said there must be a proper action plan for implementation of such an extensive move which directly affects millions, specially the middle class and the poor.
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