Prime Minister Narendra Modi's demonetisation move has witnessed criticism from the Opposition and many others. Taking a dig at Modi's stance on note ban, Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy today praised Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, who had attacked Modi over demonetisation and said that the decision is causing pain to the common man. Swamy was speaking at the book launch of Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut in Mumbai.

The Shiv Sena president too praised Swamy and criticised Modi government's demonetisation move once again.

Launching an attack at PM Modi's demonetisation Swamy said, "I am not taking any names, but elections are not won on the development front. There is one person who can be attributed for the maximum economic development- former Prime Minister Narasimha Rao. Also, ex-Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, who is criticised time and again, is someone who did the most for industrial development. Those who contested on the development agenda lost. BJP veteran Atal Bihari Vajpayee contested riding on the India Shining campaign and witnessed a bad defeat."

"We won in 2014 not only because of the Gujarat development agenda but also because of the Hindu wave. We received extra 10 per cent vote because of the wave," he added.

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Taking cue from Swamy's speech Uddhav said, "Though the development front is not enough, elections cannot be won through false promises. Forget about the last 60 years, we have seen so many lies in the last two-and-half years itself."

Criticising BJP for trying to sideline Shiv Sena during the Maharashtra elections he said, "It is unfortunate how we felt that we have a Hindutva-wadi government. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, who does not appreciate Hindutva-wadi parties like Shiv Sena, has been extended unconditional support by Modi. What kind of Hindutva government is it?"

Uddhav attacked Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad's 'labour pain' comment on demonetisation saying, "You perhaps do not know what labour pain means. Today, a lady standing in a queue outside a bank had a miscarriage and her condition is now critical. Ask her what labour pain is."

The Shiv Sena chief compared demonetisation to mirage and said, "Are we being lured by a mirage? Wait for 50 days, 80 days, 100 days...No one knows when it will finally end."

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