‘Remember, Remember, The 8th of November’, Twitter ‘Celebrates’ Two-year Anniversary of the Demonetisation Disaster

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On November 8, 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced his government’s decision to ban notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000. He had reasoned that this move would bring back all black money. In two years since then, it has become more than clear how disastrous the move was for the Indian economy, particularly the unorganised sector.

While demonetisation did not achieve any its so–called objectives, it caused a lot of hardship to a large number of people — unemployment, loss of savings and in some cases, even death. While the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government and its ministers have not yet accepted that the move was a failure, almost everyone else has. Many people shared articles about the common people’s suffering and others marked the day by mocking the Modi government.

Here is what Twitteratis had to say about the ‘masterstroke’.

अब आप न्यूज़ सेंट्रल 24x7 को हिंदी में पढ़ सकते हैं।यहाँ क्लिक करें
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