Public and entities holding such notes were initially asked to either exchange or deposit them in bank accounts by September 30. The deadline was later extended to October 7. Deposit and exchange services at bank branches were discontinued on October 7.
The Congress attack came as the Reserve Bank of India s special drive to withdraw Rs 2,000 bank notes from the system ended Saturday. In a post on X, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said, "As the nation marks the obituary of the 2000 rupee note, let it be a reminder of the monumental disaster that was the Tughlakian decision of November 8, 2016."
Moneycontrol had on September 29 exclusively reported that the RBI is likely to extend the deadline for public for returning Rs 2000 notes to facilitate remaining bank customers deposit or exchange the denomination