PANAJI: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the demonetisation drive launched by PM Narendra Modi  was "firebombing of 99 per cent honest people" and not a "surgical strike".

"Narendra Modi got up on November 8 and announced that the money which is in your pocket has now turned into mere paper. This not a surgical strike on black money but it is firebombing of the 99 per cent of honest people of India," Rahul said addressing a rally at Fatorda in Goa.

"The impact of firebombing was far worse than the atom bomb. Narendra Modi has done similar firebombing through demonetisation and burnt entire India," he said.