Lucknow: Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav.  Pic/PTI

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Thursday said the "sudden ban" on high denomination notes showed the NDA government did not keep the plight of people in mind and took the decision with an eye on Assembly elections. "The sudden ban on high denomination notes has caused immense hardships to commoners, farmers and the poor, the demonetisation has been done by the NDA government with an eye on elections, and not keeping plight of people in mind," he told a press conference here.