NEW DELHI: On the one-year anniversary of

, Congress vice president

described the decision as the "PM's thoughtless act" and one that is "a tragedy".

In a tweet, the Congress leader also said that millions of "lives and livelihoods were destroyed" due to last year's decision to scrap high-value currency notes.

Rahul tweeted a Hindi couplet that alluded to the "suffering" the poor went through as a result of demonetisation.

The

are marking today, November 8, as '

'. This, even as the Narendra Modi government is celebrating the day as 'Anti-Black Money Day'

CPM leader Sitaram Yechury wondered what there was to celebrate.

The Aam Aadmi Party called the

a "betrayal of the nation".

Trinamool Congress chief

described demonetisation as "a big scam", adding that all it achieved is a "big, big zero."

Rashtriya Janata Dal chief

concurred with Banerjee saying nothing was gained by the note ban. Like Yechury, he too wondered what there was to celebrate.

Yesterday, former Prime Minister and Cambridge-trained economist

to scrap high value notes. He called it a "complete disaster" for the country's economy.

"Tomorrow (November 8) we mark one year since the disastrous policy was thrust on the people of our country. Nowhere in the world has any nation taken such a drastic step that sweeped off 86 per cent of the currency," said Singh.

He reiterated what he said in Parliament after the note ban, calling it "organised loot & legalized plunder".