Demonetisation anniversary: It's 'anti-black money day' vs 'black day'

The Left parties will also demonstrate against the note ban across the country, as would the Rashtriya Janata Dal in Bihar

While the Narendra Modi government and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have prepared to celebrate the first anniversary of note ban as ‘anti-black money day’, the Opposition has plans to mark it as ‘black day’ and ‘dhokha divas’ (day of betrayal). Union ministers will fan out to address public meetings in cities across the country on Wednesday. There could be some interesting face-offs in states run by non-BJP governments.

After former prime minister Manmohan Singh addressed a press conference in poll-bound Gujarat on Tuesday, Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to interact with traders in Surat on Wednesday. Rahul