Will demonetization affect Modi in 2019 elections?
has been the boldest move taken by him, so far. The fact, that except once, no PM( Morarjee Desai) had the courage to take such a move, is itself a vindication of the political risks that the man is taking. I mean, during the UPA 2, the former Finance Minister P Chidambaram had famously said that of the four 500 notes in circulation, at least one was a fake one( printed by Pakistani establishment) and used for terror. Yet, the government of Manmohan Singh did precious little to reign in the black economy.
In the end, there will indeed by stress, strife, struggle in the shortrun, as people run to banks to deposit money or queue up at ATMs to withdraw them. The government too is cognizant of this and is employing measures to ease the transition. So, banks are mandated to run on weekends. If petrol pumps are not accepting 500 or 1000 you can tweet about them, and action will be taken. Government hospitals are mandated to take 1000 or 500. Whereas tolls all over Maharashtra are free for next 2 days. ATMs are being refinanced. PM Modi too was aware of this and towards the end of the speech, he asked " so, in this fight against corruption, black money, fake notes and terrorism, in this movement for purifying our country, will our people not put up with difficulties for some days?".
Already the politicians( the kinds unable to digitize money from scams like Saradha) are crying many tears for the poor in India. There is word on the streets about an impending price correction in the real estate industry. Gold prices have gone up, and so on. And government has issued notification, that it will track the deposits made and take actions against tax evaders.
All these are good omens of impending change. If the blackmoney hoarders like politicians, bureaucrats, builders, actors, businessmen, cricketers, are troubled and perturbed, can our petty trifles be really that bad? And this is why much of India is rejoicing Modi ' s # WarOnBlackMoney.
Going by the series of events so far, the Jan Dhan Yojana, the amnesty scheme and now the demonetization, somehow one gets a feeling that there is a broader plan that is at work. Who knows, there just might be another " address to the nation " in the making. For the sake of the country, and taxpaying citizens like me, I do hope and pray that it is.
Will demonetization affect Modi in 2019 elections?
Recent election after demonetization show positive effect on BJP vote share BJP win 5 out of 14 seats( 2 MP, 2 Assam, 1 Arunachal Pradesh) BJP retain all its seats and win assam assembly seats and arunachal pradesh seats which was on name of congress. Tripura BJP become second party. Earlier it was tmc and congress. Vote share of BJP increase in west bengal. Source:- Tripura ' s Latest News, Views & IT Portal
------------------------------------ Maharashtra election shows positive effect on BJP up to now Municipal council chairman BJP 52 + Shivsena 24 = 76 Cong 22 NCP 21 Other 28---------------------- Total 147 Local Body Elections Party position: BJP 952 / SS 542 = 1494 Cong 760 / NCP 612, / Others 544 Gujarat Bye Polls BJP Gujarat district panchayat, taluka panchayat and Nagarpalika bypolls: BJP wins 23 seats and Congress wins 8 seats. Surat- Kanakpur-Kansad nagarpalika polls: BJP wins 27 seats out of total 28 seats, Congress wins 1 seat. Vapi nagarpalika polls: BJP wins 41 seats o
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