After Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s masterstroke of demonetising Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, thousands of people queued up outside ATMs and banks to exchange and withdraw money.
Rahul Gandhi is one among those who are standing in a queue outside SBI on Parliament Street. Reportedly, he was there to feel the pain of people who are struggling because of the demonetization.
While speaking to the reporters he said: “Poor people are in trouble, I am here to get Rs 4, 000 exchanged. Neither you (reporters) nor your crorepati owners nor the Prime Minister will understand the problems faced by people. Poor people are in trouble, I am here to get Rs 4,000 exchanged”
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I have come to withdraw ₹4000, people are suffering and I will stand with them: Cong VP Rahul Gandhi #ATMRaGa pic.twitter.com/tDiXnABHwD
— TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) November 11, 2016
“Can you see anybody here who is high and mighty? Only the troubled common people are here. But how does it matter to Modiji ?” he added. After reaching the SBI’s Parliament Street branch at around 4.25 p.m., he waited for his turn in the queue, interacting with others, listening to their troubles, and obliging people who wanted to take selfies with him.
Image: Source
Image: Source
Twitterati had a fun time meanwhile, they couldn’t resist themselves trolling Rahul Gandhi:
#RahulAtATM How many times has Rahul Gandhi ever visited an ATM in his life? Did Sibal, Ahmad Patel, Anand Sharma or Chidambaram ever do?
— Kuldeep Sharma (@Kuldeep9Sharma) November 11, 2016
Hehe. Rahul Gandhi adds to the list of poor and downtrodden people he has visited, by visiting an ATM.
— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) November 11, 2016
People torn between taking selfie with 2k note and Rahul Gandhi. https://t.co/zjse2kZYjK
— Shilpa Rathnam (@shilparathnam) November 11, 2016
ROFL 😂😂 #DeMonetisation #RahulGandhi pic.twitter.com/DjKBXURQrc
— Sona (@sona2905) November 11, 2016
Rahul Gandhi can afford secret foreign trips for weeks without ever telling us who pays for them.. but now a bank visit for a few notes 😉
— Kiran Kumar S (@KiranKS) November 11, 2016
. @OfficeOfRG made life tougher for rest of the citizens who were standing in the queue. #DeMonetisation https://t.co/QKHn0txzCR
— Vaishnavi (@VVaishnavvii) November 11, 2016
I want to click selfies with those who clicked selfies with Rahul Gandhi https://t.co/NWTWVtUk3r
— Keh Ke Peheno (@coolfunnytshirt) November 11, 2016
This morning I got up at night..My mother came to my room,cried & said- Beta white Money khatm ho gai.Kal 4 hazar nikal k lana- Rahul Gandhi
— Paresh Rawal Fan (@Babu_Bhaiyaa) November 11, 2016
ATM: Welcome. Please enter PIN.
Rahul: Here, take.
ATM: Ouch! Not that pin.— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) November 11, 2016
Make fun of him all you want but Rahul Gandhi was smart enough to go to SBI after lunch time.
— Numbyaar (@NumbYaar) November 11, 2016
Rahul Gandhi has got 4k rupees . Now He can pay the salaries of all the Congress’s MLA/MP’s & 3500 rs still will be left with him.
— Smoking Skills (@SmokingSkills_) November 11, 2016
Rahul Gandhi has realized banks attract more ppl than his political rallies . So why not make use of this opportunity ?? #ATMRaga
— ClasslessIndian (@ClasslessIndian) November 11, 2016
Sources say that Rahul Gandhi has ordered whiteners worth 1 crore rs. #BlackMoney
— The Viral Fever (@TheViralFever) November 11, 2016
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Other than exchanging the currency Rahul Gandhi got free publicity with a lot of selfies in and outside the bank. Do share your views in the comment session below.