Newly-elected CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury speaks to Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com.
'If you want proof, visit any bank in Mumbai and you will find the poor standing in bank queues.' 'They are queuing up from midnight outside the banks.'
'This issue is related to national security because they were compromising the entire capital markets's core infrastructure by leaking confidential information.' 'What would have happened if the servers had come down?' 'Or some confidential information leaked to terrorists who could have knocked out our capital market?'
Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor Viral Acharya is the eighth economist to quit since the Modi government took office.
Hours after the government banned Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, Indians are facing an acute shortage of change.
'This is a fascinating side to Sonia Gandhi, the way she disarms her opponents.'
'The government must have armed security personnel for doctors and only then they can go and serve people.'
