Man on the street is wiser

Demonetisation and the goods and services tax have been the most essential operations to boost the economy

With reference to the report, “Demonetisation monumental blunder, GST hastily implemented: Manmohan Singh” (November 8), the claims and counterclaims on the two phenomena in the headline have become louder now, as Assembly elections are due in Gujarat, the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah. As it is a do-or-die situation for the Congress (read its vice-president Rahul Gandhi), the party has fielded before the media the earlier sidelined, reticent economist and former prime minister Manmohan Singh.

Demonetisation and the goods and services tax have been the most essential operations to boost the