Demonetisation biggest scam, must be probed: P Chidambaram

New Delhi: Terming the demonetisation move as the biggest scam of the year, former Finance minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday sought a probe into it.

“It has broken the back of poor people, a case of khoda pahad nikli chuhiya,” Chidambaram said while addressing the media at an event in Nagpur.

“Not even a national calamity would have caused so much suffering,” the former finance minister said.

“This is an absurd move by the government. No one has any good word to say on this. It’s a thoughtless move, and no one in the world has a good word for it. Every major newspaper and economist has condemned it,” he said.