New Delhi, Nov 25: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday saying that the later strikes similarities with ‘Uncle Podger’. Yadav said that the chaos around Narendra Modi’s demonetisation reminds him of Uncle Podger from the Jerome K Jerome classic ‘Three Men in A Boat’. Also Read - Reassess COVID Situation, Focus on Micro Containment Zones: PM Modi to CMs of 7 Worst-hit States

In a series of tweets, Yadav said, “PM Modi is role-playing Uncle Podger and that is why he is bent on troubling the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), finance ministry, government, public, BJP and farmers.” He also said that while Modi boast of doing works, he also employs people to work on it and creates mess out of it. Also Read - Shaheen Bagh's 82-Year-Old Bilkis Named in Time Magazine's List of 100 Most Influential People

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During study days,read a poem “Uncle Podger hangs the picture”. #DeMonetisation chaos reminded me of him striking similarities wth Modi — Lalu Prasad Yadav (@laluprasadrjd) November 25, 2016

Like Uncle Podger, Modiji boasts he needs no one,bt soon employs evryone, creates mess,blames all-Picture out of frame &himself out of scene — Lalu Prasad Yadav (@laluprasadrjd) November 25, 2016

Modi Ji, like Uncle Podger, over promises but under delivers. First promises to deliver everything on his own and then creates a mess 4 all — Lalu Prasad Yadav (@laluprasadrjd) November 25, 2016

The leaders of Opposition have not been allowing proceedings of the Parliament demanding Modi to talk about the currency ban that have had adverse affects on people. Opposition parties roundly attacked Modi on the ban of Rs 500 and Rs. 1,000 notes earlier this month. Opposition has been holding Modi responsible for deaths of people because of various issues relating to currency ban. A united Opposition on Friday sought an apology from Modi for calling them “supporters of black money”. (ALSO READ: Sitaram Yechury targets Narendra Modi over demonetisation, dubs him as “Tughlaq”)

Yesterday, Manmohan Singh in the presence of Modi labelled the decision of demonetisation “a monumental management failure”.

Talk at the Constitution Day function this morning, Modi took a dig at his critcis , saying that “those criticising demonetization don’t have problem with the government’s preparedness – their problem is they didn’t get time to prepare.” He said, “We must rise above politics for social welfare.”

Modi on November 8 banned high-value notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 in an effort to curb black money, corruption and fake currency. Modi said people holding notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 can deposit the same in their bank and post office accounts from November 10 till December 30. However, the move caused lot of hardships to common people who had to wait in queues for long hours to get notes exchanged. ATMs also witnessed long queues where people complained of money drying up quickly. While, the situation has improved, people continue to be affected by demonetisation.