NEW DELHI – Within five days of demonetization, scrapped currency bills worth Rs 3,118.51 crore were deposited in eleven Gujarat district cooperative banks linked to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress admitted on Friday.

“It is now officially clear that this entire exercise was the biggest scam in independent India, indulged to convert its ill-gotten ‘black money’ into ‘white’,” Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said in a statement.

Though the PM Modi has taken a great decision, as usual, every time Congress has to play politics on some issue.

Old notes worth ₹3118.51Cr deposited in 5 days of Demo in BJP controlled by 11 District Co-op Banks in Guj!

₹14293.71Cr deposited in Co-op banks in BJP+ ruled states!

Will it get investigated? #ShahZyadaKhaGaya

— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) 12:55 AM – Jun 22, 2018

Well, this can be one of the best strategies of Congress to play dirty politics with the BJP.

The Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) published a full report on the RTI information cited by the Congress. These details were obtained by the activist Manoranjan S Roy and provided by the chief general manager and appellate authority of NABARD.

The RTI information shows the Ahmedabad District Cooperative Bank (ADCB) netted the highest deposits of demonetized notes (among district co-op banks), and received Rs 745.59 crore within five days of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement on November 8, 2016, IANS said.

The news agency said BJP president Amit Shah was the bank’s chairman in 2000 and continues to be a director — a position he has held for several years.

Congratulations Amit Shah, Director, Ahmedabad Dist. Cooperative Bank, on your bank winning 1st prize in the conversion of old notes to a new race. 750 Cr in 5 days!

Millions of Indians whose lives were destroyed by Demonetisation, salute your achievement. #ShahZyadaKhaGaya

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) 1:34 AM – Jun 22, 2018

“Right behind ADCB, is the Rajkot District Cooperative Bank, whose chairman Jayeshbhai Vitthalbhai Radadiya is a cabinet minister in Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani’s government. It got deposits of old currencies worth Rs 693.19 crore. Interestingly, Rajkot is the hub of Gujarat BJP politics — Prime Minister Modi was first elected from there as a legislator in 2001,” the report said.

“Incidentally, the figures of Ahmedabad-Rajkot DCCBs are much higher than the apex Gujarat State Cooperative Bank Ltd, which got deposits of a mere Rs 1.11 crore.”

IANS observed that all district cooperative banks were banned from accepting deposits of demonetized notes after November 14, 2016 — five days after the note ban — “on fears that black money would be laundered through this route”.

The poor could not get their demonetized notes exchanged, more than 100 died in queues for their own hard-earned money. But Shri Amit Shah’s bank had the maximum currency exchanged after notebandi. Saaf Niyat or Sahi Neeyat, now? #NoteScampic.twitter.com/ynBLDzItQ0

— Sitaram Yechury (@SitaramYechury) 9:48 PM – Jun 21, 2018

The poor could not get their demonetized notes exchanged, more than 100 died in queues for their own hard-earned money. But Shri Amit Shah’s bank had the maximum currency exchanged after notebandi. Saaf Niyat or Sahi Neeyat, now? #NoteScampic.twitter.com/ynBLDzItQ0

Sitaram Yechury (@SitaramYechury) June 22, 2018

The party said, that they have published citing information in an annexure to its statement. The RTI information  further reveals the national picture which shows that the entire exercise of demonetization was meant to benefit a select group of BJP cronies.”

“States ruled by BJP and its allies/supporters got the largest proportion of deposits in the district cooperative banks i.e Rs 14,293.71 crore out of Rs 22,270 crore (64.18 percent) as compared to non-BJP ruled states at the time of demonetization.”