Demonetization to set an example for other countries as well: Bhagat Singh Koshyari

Yeh Note Bandi nahin, Note Badli Hai: Koshyari on demonetization

Chandigarh, December 11, 2016: Bhagat Singh Koshyari, former Uttarakhand Chief Minister today said demonetization was one of the biggest reforms ever introduced by the government. Lauding the initiative of the Narendra Modi government he described demonetization in a one liner saying, “Yeh note bandi nahin, note badli hai (this is not a note ban but note change).

Koshyari in a press conference held here today said in the last two and half years of Modi government the country has experienced a lot of development. He said the government was there not just to rule but to bring a difference in the country.

“The Prime Minister has taken up this initiative to check black money”, he said, and came down heavily on the Congress for misusing the sanctity of the parliament by not letting it function. Koshyari said demonetization was a welcome step for the poor and it is only those will unaccounted cash who were disturbed over it.

The former Uttarakhand CM termed black money as a disease for the society, adding this move will set an example for other countries as well. “I have travelled in other parts of the country including Uttarakhand and people were happy over the move”, Koshyari said, adding, the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan of the Prime Minister has been taken forward by cleansing the society on the whole through demonetization.

Others present on the occasion included, Chander Shekhar, General Secretary, BJP Chandigarh Ramvir Bhatti, BJP Chandigarh Vice President, B.S. Bisht,  BJP Uttarakhand Cell President, Ravinder Pathania, BJP Chandigarh Media Incharge and Dr. A.P. Sanwaria, Spokesperson, Chandigarh BJP among others.