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I did not vote for Narendra Modi during 2014 Elections, media portrayed him as messiah or as a religious extremist (just like how they did for Donald Trump). But I was always a supporter of BJP and would have definitely voted for LK Advani.
What I feel now?
I'm following national news since 2014 Elections, for the first few days I felt that his administration is no different than Manmohan/ Sonia's. Later one after the other schemes directed towards better India (including demonetization), I started believing in Modi's administration (not a bhakth).
Now I think that he is a genuine guy with a good agenda working hard to make our country great. I regret not voting for Narendra modi.
The last three years have been politically disastrous years for my marriage.
Namo chants arose from within my home with my husband emerging a strong Bhakt who had his sights set on “Abki baar Modi sarkaar”, and for every one person I would try to convert to an ‘AAP for opposition's vote, he would counter with a 'thumping majority for Modi's vote. 'Constructive opposition’, I would say, 'constructive or destructive?’, he would retort.
The April of 2015 saw India be a partner country at the Trade Fair in Germany. My husband had been an exhibitor then and earlier in 2006 when MMS was PM and India was the partner country even then. He never tires of talking about the contrast between India's participation during both the times.
During MMS's times the Indian contingent was in total disarray and the elephant at the entrance of the Indian podium was an African tusker. Even the Germans noticed this faux pas! You can imagine the shame of having to say that the shadow of a person mumbling and fumbling his way through was one's PM.
In 2015, this time around, there were frequent calls and messages from the PMO discussing color themes and placements and uniformity of stalls - because 'Modiji is involved in the minutae', the person from PMO would say. The Make-in-India lion was unveiled in a beautifully orchestrated event and India felt proud. When Modiji spoke, it felt like a person with the might of a billion plus Indians behind him was speaking for the pride of his nation. My husband felt that India had arrived when the same Germans who had ridiculed the African elephant stood up and applauded.
Namo chants became louder in my home but there was conflict with me batting for AAP for Delhi. We need someone to counter the Modi juggernaut, I would say. We need to give Modi Delhi, he would say.
Suffice to say, fingers pressed different buttons in my home and nobody was more pleased than I when AAP won - later disillusionment is another story.
So, yes, one of the 61% who did not vote for Modi, I am.
When my daily help excitedly rushed to me about bank accounts being opened for everyone, it felt good to know that India was arriving.
When the Aadhaar card idea was not scrapped but carried forward into the scheme of things, as a citizen it felt good that this was not a vindictive government that would bring the effort in bringing together people under an umbrella to naught.
When I heard that employees of the government were actually government servants once again and working for the nation, I appreciated my husband's vote. My brother-in-law laughingly remarked one day that Delhi Gymkhana had empty tables at lunch which would earlier be filled with bureaucrats playing hookey from work and enjoying the winter afternoon sun.
When Swacch Bharat was launched and children started talking and participating, it felt good that the youngsters were given a role in nation building.
I support Modi in this fight against black money, counterfeit currency being thrown in from the neighbor and in the hope for a better India.
Implementation could have definitely been better, but Modi has shown that he has the courage to hold the bull by the horns. Tough times call for tough measures and sometimes the arm with gangrene has to be amputated.
However, I am not blind to the fact that a certain political party had a headstart over other parties in the game of grabbing vote banks and that this move was not an entirely altruistic one - it has an eye on the forthcoming major elections and BJP/Modi are certain that with a substantial amount of currency out of circulation, the hands of other parties are tied as they can no longer swing the voters in any manner they wish. Good, so long as the rules are the same for everyone.
We shall see.
As one amongst the 61%, I would say I support it but am keeping my eyes and ears open unlike some in the balance 31% for whom no other motive exists.
Reminds one of a Tamil proverb…
Sozhiyan Kudumi Summa Aduma? (Will a sozhiyan’s tuft shake for nothing? )“சோà®´ியன் குடுà®®ி சுà®®்à®®ா ஆடுà®®ா?”To understand the proverb we need to know that :
- in the olden days, a caste of people, presumably from Chola kingdom, involved in money matters, were referred to as ‘sozhiyan’.
- ‘Shaking the kudumi’ is the result of nodding one’s head.This proverb is normally interpreted as to mean that if a sozhiyan agrees (nods his head in agreement) to do something in your favour, there has to be some purpose or gain for himself. Hence the current usage of the proverb - to describe someone offering to help with some ulterior & selfish motives that may not be apparent.
I am a part of that 61% that did not vote for Modi/BJP.
I come from a very apolitical family, so my loyalty never lies with any one party or politician. For example, I have previously supported the implementation of the odd-even formula in New Delhi, and today I support demonitisation. I think that both these steps were taken in hopes of a better India, rather than them being purely politically motivated in nature. I may be wrong, of course.
Anyway, when the Jan Dhan Yojana by the Modi Govt. was initiated, I saw that as a positive move. I encouraged low-income acquaintances to get bank accounts and insurance. Then came the declaration of black money deadline. Again a good move, but I honestly didn’t have high expectations from my countrymen. After this deadline, I didn’t think any major steps would be taken by the government to continue fighting black money.
Well, as we know today, I was wrong.
Here’s what happened on the evening of 8th November 2016:
Just before dinner, I quickly check NDTV online. It is about 8:45pm, and I see that Modi has just made an announcement that all Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes would cease to be legal tender from midnight. I shout out to my husband, complaining that this is some crazy move. What would we do with the Rs. 5000–6000 that we have with us? He says, “Relax. I’m sure the PM and the RBI have a plan!”. We have dinner, and turn on the TV. We realise what is happening and why it is happening. I am elated! For the first time in my life, I feel that an honest citizen like me is being valued in India. Those of us who are clean can sleep peacefully tonight, while those with black money will be turning and tossing in their beds.
From the next day, news started pouring in that the impact of demonitization would be insignificant because most black money is converted into assets. I know that that is factually correct, but for me it was simple - something is better than nothing.
And then I gradually started to see the effects of demonetisation around me:
- I went to a neighbour’s house, and the interiors had changed overnight. I kid you not, when her new maid (whom I had not previously met) opened the door and I went inside, I thought I had stepped into the wrong apartment. The entire house was stuffed with new but completely mismatched furniture. Why? They said that this was the only way they could find to use at least a little of their black money. They were stuck after this. They haven't yet figured out what to do with the rest.
- My friend’s colleague’s father was a tuition teacher, who had saved up to Rs. 1 crore in cash. He didn't pay taxes on them, and kept all his cash at home. Once demonetisation was announced, he was terrified that his house would get raided by the IT department. So he bought diamonds for Rs. 20–25 lakhs (though the diamonds were worth Rs. 10 lakhs), then literally gave away Rs. 50 lakhs to some random jeweller (without getting anything in return), and has kept the remaining amount for now.
- I was at my relative’s (lets call him R) house. R told me that his local internet provider always took cash and gave him a bill. This month, the provider had called R and told him that he would only accept cheques and would give a proper receipt. R didn’t even know that the bill that he was being given every month was actually fake! Also, the charges had increased by Rs. 200–300 because from now on taxes had to be paid. I was there when the guy came to collect the cheque. He started complaining about demonetisation and told us about how other customers are cribbing about the taxes. He obviously expected us to do the same, so he was totally taken aback when we said that its high time he moved from “do-numbari dhanda to ek-numberi dhanda” (rough translation: illegal to legal business).
I understand clearly that demonetisation will not eradicate this parallel economy. People are coming up with illegal ways to get around this. However, it has instilled a certain amount of fear in the hearts of those who indulge in such activities. That is actually really important to me, even though I know it sounds absurd. I live in the NCR region and any discussion of black money has always resulted in people telling me, “Look Antara, this is how business is done. There is no alternate way.” Every single one of these individuals firmly believe that they are doing nothing wrong. This has happened because their families, friends, politicians and the government have never told them otherwise. Illegal activities, tax evasions and breaking laws almost never seem to have any negative consequences in this country. Those who pay taxes and follow the laws of the land are thought to be fools. As idealistic and naive as I may sound, I want to live in an India where honesty is respected, where dishonestly isn’t a way of life, and where the belief that there is nothing wrong with earning black money is challenged. I know I am dreaming BIG, but demonitisation is a gentle push towards that dream.
Demonetisation cannot and should not be the first and last step of Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan, Part II. The Modi Govt. will have to follow this up with many more concrete steps. Only then we can slowly but steadily move towards a better and “cleaner” India. At least, that’s the dream.
Well, a girl can hope right? :)
P.V. Narasimha Rao headed INC only got 36% of vote share in 1991 and headed a minority government and introduced Globalization in India with that 36% mandate. What the feeling, Rest of the 64% people who did not vote for INC had at that time when the congress government on its own bought the reforms, exactly the same feeling might be there for the rest of 69% people who never voted for Modi. 41 % only Indira Gandhi got, and what did the 59 % who did not vote for Mrs. Gandhi at 1967 felt when she Nationalized banks, the same feeling will be with the same 69% who did not vote for Modi. Also Nehru who become the first prime minister of India, got 45% of vote and decided the fate of the country choosing Socialist model (which proved a failure after 50 years). What did the rest of 55% (more than half) who never voted for Nehru, would have felt, the same feeling only, In a democratic country decisions are made by PM’s . Not with percentage. If a person from other party apart from BJP with 30% vote somehow gets majority and take a big decision, we have to accept. No point in lamenting what the 70% feel. The democracy works like that. If you score one run above the opponent team, you are the winner, no point in telling i scored 500 runs and he scored only 1 more, 501. That is how PVN, Indira and even Trump also (in fact he scored lesser percentage than Hilary) won and they are the decision makers. No point in recalling the lost statistics. Sorry there is no provision in constitution for that.
Indira Gandhi denied Plebiscite for Nationalization of Banks as requested by opposition members. At that time all the intellectuals supported her move and said a common man cannot decide on this difficult issue and so what the PM does has to accepted by all unanimously, for the larger interest of the country. What the yard stick for Indira Gandhi for Nationalization of Banks, or what the yardstick for PVN for Globalization, the same yardstick has to be applied for Modi in demonetisation. So the same feeling like those who voted for Modi, wait for some time and see the result. There may be some starting trouble, because the Bus is left to rusting for a long. Modi now only cleaned and started the engine, soon it will run smoothly and the journey will see new milestones.
I could not able to vote in 2014 General Election and i personally believed that all political parties are the same and nothing big change we can observe if Mr. Modi will come into the power. But i closely monitering since 2014, there is series of excellent policy keep coming which have clear and honest intention to lift this country to a greater height. Recently this demonetization move has won many hearts including me. This is a historic move and in long run it will put India in the line of USA, Japan, Russia in all front.
Some of the steps taken by this government i would like to mention which has opened new dimension in India’s growth;
And the most historic one and a big blow to black money
So every right minded Indian will support these policies which clearly for the betterment of this nation.
I didn’t vote for Modi in the 2014 elections. Not because I didn’t support him at the time but because I was underage and was not allowed to vote. I still remember, a few days after taking the office he spoke of ‘Kadvi Goli’- a bitter medicine that is necessary to bring the nation back on track. All this while, after all the changes he implemented, I used to wonder that this wasn’t a bitter medicine because not many complained against him. After demonetisation, it all suddenly made sense. From Jan Dhan to giving LPG subsidies straight into the bank accounts to Voluntary Income Declaration scheme.
To be honest whether you are a Modi supporter or hater, pro-BJP or anti-BJP, one who wasn’t impacted by Demonetisation or the one who lost crores in dirty money due to demonetisation- you have to admit that now it feels like our country has a leader.
He is the hero India deserves and the one it needs right now!
Demonetisation Decision is not only about 69% who didn't vote for PM, it is for all 135 crore of us. Remember PM is also one out of US.
There may me millions of people inside his own party who may not be supporting this decision internally and there may be millions who are from other parties supporting the decision.
Those who have spoken against it e.g Congress, JDU etc have also supported the decision and see only whining about the disastrous implementation of it.
There has been a considerable newsprint spent in favour and against the decision, but some are unrelenting on their stand.
Some innocent people have been harassed personally due to decision seem to be against it, e.g daily wagers, hospital patients, marriage families, small vendors, farmers and people who's kin have died in queues etc. They have a genuine reason to hate the decision.
But there is one more class of people who are affected: those who have not been able to manipulate their black money in last 22 days.
Many have openly supported the decision despite being I lines for many days.
So it's a mixed bag. But still majority support the decision in its intention including major political parties like Congress and JDU.
The step is in right direction, implementation has been not upto the mark, can be far better.
The lost liquidity of around 600,000 crores will take some time to get back.
Personal thought:
Decision is unprecedented and tough, implementation exceptionally poor for the standards of this govt.
Edit: Just in 05/12/2016 : Total scrapped currency deposited in banks is about 11,50 lac crores out of 14,70 Lac crore printed till date. So WHERE IS THE BLACK MONEY?
I’m from Tamizhnadu a.k.a Tamilnadu.
I didn’t vote for BJP though I was a big admirer of Modi ji. I would say that NO ONE from Tamizhnadu has a right to question Modi ji’s intentions. I din’t vote for him but He has protected me, benefitted me and worked for me every single day as our PM.
I completely support and stand by Mr.Modi for his demonetization move.
Yes, Common man suffered during the first two weeks and now we can positively see the crowds in front of the banks reducing drastically. Its behind this “Common Man’s Comfort” that the real culprits are hiding their illegal wealth. I foresee days after 10th Dec wherein these illegal wealth will either get distributed/discarded or deposited.
Salute Modi Saheb!
Thanks for this opportunity.
Sivakumar.V.A
Edit 1:
1700 views in less than 24 hrs for my First Answer. Thanks Quorans.
First of all, this 69% people not voting for Modi is a pointless statistic in Indian democracy. The total vote share of NDA was almost 40%. India is not a 2 party system, there are loads of political parties. The vote share of congress during 2009 elections was 28%, so why did the people who are pointing fingers on Modi didnt question Congress on why 72% people voted against them? The number of seats won decide the winner in India, not vote share.
Coming back to the topic, people from political parties like aap, congress, left, tmc, etc will never support Modi even if he takes the right decisions in favour of the country. And that is why Modi completely ignores them and focuses on his work to make India a better country for the people.
I'm one of those 61%. If I had known this is what they're going to do or not do, I would've voted for them.
I'm not going to discuss why I'm in that 61%. Also how bad they implemented it. It's been 2 years since the party came into power. And I would say they're pretty much the same as those who were there before. Nothing too dramatic till the demonetisation. Because of this I don't oppose them as strongly as I used to.
I support demonization in theory and I would love if everyone pays tax. When demonetisation hits hard a lot of people are going to lose their jobs and a lot of small scale businesses will close, property prices will come down. I'm okay with it, but I clearly don't have the best interest of the nation.
Why I'm okay with it? Because I'm selfish, I don't own any property in India. I haven't spent or signed 15–20 years of my life for buying an apartment or a house. I see opportunities to buy properties in India for a bargain in the near future.
I practically sold half of my assets about two months back, I just got lucky. My stocks, if I held them I would've lost almost 45% of it's value.
Most of the people don't realise that they own black money, in fact everyone who sold a property or earns more than 2.5 lakhs INR and paid no tax have black money.
Textile shop owners, tea vendors, roadside shop owners, motor workshops, sweet shops, landlords, beauty parlours, private practising doctors, teachers, lawyers, dentists etc will have to start paying a lot of tax (this sudden increase will gain some attention from income tax department) etc are going to suffer. When they suffer, they'll transfer that loss to us. I don't have a problem with it! I'm insured, I buy stuff from malls and the industry I work with is least impacted by this change.
I support this decision as a selfish human being and I think the decision is ballsy and a bit insane. But if I were in a position where I'll be evaluated or if there's a direct relationship with my life style or income with nation's prosperity I wouldn't.
I became a huge fan of our Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi after the demonetization act. Surely, there could be some political & international relations due to which he couldn’t bring Black Money from Swiss Heavens due to which opposition parties are pressurizing him as he didn’t fulfill the promises made to public before election. This move was a very brave move, its actually visible that there is a PM who is willing to take bold actions for the betterment of people, whose sole motive is to uplift the lower class which will help in India becoming a Superpower.
I SUPPORT MY PM IN THIS CAUSE.
Honest people are not impacted due to this demonetization, its only the corrupt who fear the most as honest people have been paying taxes on time.
The pros which I can see are:
- Most important, Even if we are able to get 20% of the black money in India its a win for us. That money can directly be transferred into accounts which are opened during Jan Dhan yojna.
- No terrorist activities in Kashmir and Naxal regions as they don’t have money.
- Upliftment of poor section of society as this money would help in getting them educated.
- Education (Schools and colleges) and daily business restored in Kashmir. They were able to spend peaceful weekend after 133 days.
- Cigarettes and Alcohol consumption went down by 40%.
The Cons are as follows:
- As we have scrapped 85% of currency, people have to stand in long queues to get the money for there daily needs leaving aside their usual day to day business.
- No cash in banks and ATMs.
- Problems in marriage and deaths. For marriage bride, groom, bride & groom’s mother and father can take out money upto 2.5L upon showing bills from caterer etc. and marriage card. Many people depend upon others for help during marriage but now they cant.
- High rate of unemployment is seen for daily wagers as there is no money in the market. They don’t have money for daily necessities. There are suicides being seen because of this.
- Rolling out 2000 currency notes before lower denominations.
- Real estate is hurting the most which mainly deals in cash.
- Online sales (Flipkart, Snapdeal, Amazon etc.) went down by 50% as they were mainly focused on COD(cash on delivery).
I have heard that there are 4 printing press which are running at their optimum speed but still there is a crash crunch situation. Looks like that Modi has not analyzed the situation properly. The problem is not huge, it’s being exaggerated.
We as a literate section of society should help the poor by educating them. For example ask your maid, driver etc to give their account numbers and if they do not have any then help them opening one, so that you can transfer their salary in their accounts directly.
The work around which people found to turn there money to white:
- Those people who have Black money, always have an accountant which handles their accounts. Hoarders have found ways to distribute there cash by taking help from their relatives, workers etc. to turn there Black money into white.
- Black money hoarders turn their money into white by taking help of those who run petrol pumps station, gas stores, hospitals etc, wherever they can use old currency notes.
- Sellers have created this a business by accepting old notes at up-to 30% commission.
- Bills generated where there is free parking. Incident reported of fake bills generated at different stores.
- Purchase of Gold.
The number of votes any victorious party gets are those votes which are casted and valid. If there are 100 voters and only 50 voted, the Victor emerges from this figure of 50. If BJP got 69% means they got actually 35% of 100%. So the answer to question comes from as to what 65% of Indian population feel about the Demonetisation who did not voted BJP?.
In Indian economy where 70% people spend (according to Mr Arun Bokil, the brain behind currency scrap) less than Rs 50 a day. Why 86% currency notes should be of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 value and not of Rs 50 and Rs 100 value? Obviously these notes are designed, printed, circulated , stocked and hidden for for and by , some in left over from 35%.
Since 70% do not have those high value currency notes , they are least affected by loss of wealth. They are affected only by the inadequate quantities of Rs 50 and Rs 100 currency in circulation. As the Government prints more notes of this denomination , their life will return to normal .
It is not that some in 35% did not vote BJP. There will be some who will also get normalised soon after they deposit their currency in banks . They may not be voters of the BJP, yet they are Indian citizens but they are patriotic first and political affiliation will be second.
The end figures comes to same what Mr Anil Bokil and Modiji says, it only 5 to 10 % who are agitated and annoyed . The democracy is largest good of largest numbers.
I'm not one of the 61% who didn't vote for him. I voted for the BJP contestant in my constituency because it was going to lead to Mr. Modi becoming the Prime Minister.
I fully support the move. Even if it doesn't flush out the entire black money, it has shown those powerful people that there is someone who will be making them accountable. The way this move has worked is that it has for the time being scrapped all the black money stored in cash and it might take a while for people to generate it back. Then too, they might not, with the fear of a similar move again in the near future.
On fake currency front, it has done tremendously well, considering that it has completely wiped out the fake currency, which leads to the devaluation of Rupee and inflation in the economy, handing a major boost to provide a better foundation for a better equipped and robust economy in the near future.
This move has pushed people, against their will, towards digital modes of payments. The infrastructure is already in place for the cashless economy and now, with the use of AADHAR for online payments, it has been made more accessible. If the government succeeds in providing sufficient cyber security for the “cashless” economy, it will be a big win to bring transparency in the economy.
There is one major problem, which might or might not be directly related to the “demonization”. Unemployment, which the Modi government vowed to reduce. However, with businesses set to lose some ground with people having less money and not being that familiar with digital payments, the unemployment rate might go up, and even if it doesn't go up, it doesn't look to be coming down for a while now.
I was one among the 61% people who did not vote for NaMo in the 2014 general elections.
As a natural choice I voted to Telangana Rashtra Samithi(TRS) which batted for statehood for Telangana for almost 14 years.
Soon after NDA government came to power in 2014, the size of the cabinet was very small compared to that of UPA-2. This built a bit of confidence in me that he is at least trying to something.
The next greatest step was the Rail budget. I have been following the rail budgets for the past 5 years. I have never seen a rail budget which is worth appreciating. Every year the minister will announce new trains just to satisfy the political pressures. But for the first time the rail budget with no room for new trains made me feel - “Something is happening here man”.
And now with Demonetization, he brought another crackdown on fake money as well as black money(As the BJP leaders are claiming). I support the demonetization move to some extent. This move will reduce the problems caused by the fake currency in circulation. But I don’t know how the BJP leaders claim that this will be the biggest crackdown on black money(Or the surgical strike on black money as they said). I don’t think anyone having black money is keeping them in terms of cash. They would either buy land or gold or some kind of movable or immovable property.
So, I would have supported the demonetization move if Narendra Modi had said that this was to prevent the chaos that are being caused by fake currency or if the government had taken enough precautions to eradicate the problems caused to the people with this. But the situation clearly shows that the government did neither of them.
During this period I found some interesting measures taken by the Govt of Telangana to reduce the problems to the people. The government allowed the people to pay the taxes such as property tax, and utility bills such as Electricity bill and Water bills to pay using the old currency. These steps not only reduced the people’s problems but also increased the revenue earnings of the organisations such as GHMC(Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation).
I was minor durinf the last elections, so I might not be the best person to answer this, but I read a few other answers and decided to weigh in(I was quit influenced by AAP back then).
In modern times, we do not have the liberty to opt for better. We are only left with a one hard choice……to choose lesser of two evils.
Would you rather a PM who only tells reasons of failure(I am quit certain that AAP would resort to blaming Modiji for his failures if they somehow manage to make it to the centre).Or a PM ,who might have some personal motive(you dont know of it yet, it is just something you have heard and not seen) but is a man who has shown at every step that he can change the country for better.
And Modiji has also shown that the lesser of the two eveils which we had assumed might be an Angel.
Talking of the demonitization , the move has caught the eyes of each and every youngster(speaking on behalf of them , and I am certain that each and every youngster will agree).
The fact that madiji is the most suitable person for the leadership of our nation does not only lie due to his nation schemes(swatch bharat, make in India, demonitization), but also the reaction of opposition parties has boosted it.
Look at the morons announcing Bharat Band. You almost laugh and cry at the same time . It clearly shows that political benefits are more dear to them than the countries benefits.
Try this analogy:An able class monitor is never a child who always complains about others, nor is he a dumb child . He is always the one with ability to handle both the above mentioned kind.
Hope you will be able to relate to the analogy:p
I didn't vote for Modi in 2014. BJP/NDA didn't field a candidate in my constituency. Neither did Congress or any other prominent political party. My MP is one of the only 2 independent MPs in the 14th Lok Sabha. BJP will not field any candidate in 2019 too. They will give up the seat to their new ally party BPF(Bodoland People's Front) and it will depend on the local law and order situation in deciding to vote or not vote for BPF.
Personally, I like every economic policies undertaken by Modi and his team. I am awed by the new vigour and energy he brought in India's international relationships. India has always been an inward looking country with an inert foreign policy. This is the first time that India is ramping up it's global reach.
The only thing I can't tolerate is when some party members acts fanatic and Modi is unable to issue any warnings against them.
Well, this actually happened with one of my friends.
He was not a supporter of BJP ( Modi especially) so he didnot vote for him. An incident happened with him where it was apparent that he was against Modi.
3 months back:
Near a shop, we took a water bottle and after drinking water I was looking for a dustbin to throw the bottle which was nearby. But this friend took the bottle and threw it on road saying the Modi govt. is taking swacch bharat cess (a tax was introduced in between for the swacch bharat program), it is totally ok to throw anywhere. They will take care of it.(criticizing the govt.)
Now (after demonetisation):
We ate something from a fast food center and I was about to throw the plates on road as there were many but this friend told me to throw it in dustbin which was little far. I remembered the previous incident and told him in a negative way that he was following swacch bharat abhiyaan.
And he said he will go and throw in dustbin. I thought he wanted to throw something else (a tissue was in his hand) and just asked him why?
He said if I am feeling so SHY to throw in a dustbin he will do it!
And here comes the CHANGE in him!
He started to agree to Modi’s other decisions also after our PM took a bold step against corruption.
I voted for BJP , in last parliamentary election and the main reason was, I was sick of Congress. Not ‘because’ of Modi, but ‘notwithstanding’ Modi.
Demonetisation as an idea to flush out black wealth, was a debatable tool, nevertheless worth giving a try. Modi having tried other means, to flush out black money, not very successfully, resorted to huge political gamble,halfway in his tenure. As is evident, implementation has been bungled, as Modi rushed into the decision, keeping UP elections in view. He has to win UP, if he wants a comfortable majority in next parliament polls.
Will the electorate support him in view of the real pain, the are going through, in the hope of receving some benefits in future, is to be seen.We have to wait for another two months.
I read so many answers and comments to this question but not one comment was actually elaborating whole reason for demonitization (maybe i missed it?).
Getting black money back into the system wasn’t the only reason. Fake currency was a major reason too. The 500/1000 notes were being fed into Indian currency by counterfeits and neighboring nations. It was done to get those out of value too. Else, if demonization was the only reason, then what could be the reason of re-introducing the 500 note? They could have just gone ahead with issuing 2000. And if you want to put across that 2000 notes is being counterfeit too, well not one currency in the world is not away from it. But at least, this step has and will lead to decrease in the amount.
I don’t care about your political affiliations. That’s your choice. However, to say that he is onto people like us, that would be wrong.
Yes, it does affect a lot of people, but its a small bargain for the long term affects. And an FYI, we the people aren’t the only one loosing money. The government is loosing too, but its a step towards the betterment. So don’t tell me that it is a personal/political vendetta. At least, we are not having scams in “lakhs of” crores.
The changes are not going to be in one day. We gave 10 years(in near past, more than 60 years as a whole) to the opposing parties. How much do we have to show for them? I wont say that they didn’t do anything, but compared to the actions taken in last two years, they could have done way more. People get frustrated with the “results” and “against corruption”, do you think the corruption and bureaucracy that has plagued the nation for 60 years will go away in two? Seriously? Give a chance and lets see where the chips fall.
Note: By “you”, i refer to the general public. Not targeting anyone in particular. And I am neither a Modi bhakt or a congress retard. So please spare me that. :)
I was one of them, not only that I had convinced my mother and my grandmother to vote for AAP. Though my grandmother didn’t even knew about Arvind kejriwal and AAP, but I convinced her to press the “broom” button.
“sirf Jhaddu wala Button dabana” (press the broom (AAP) button only)
My mother was supporting for BJP but somehow i changed her mind to vote for AAP. My brother is a practical guy so he was determined to vote for BJP, so I didn’t even tried to convince him. After 2014 results, even i was shocked by Modi’s colossal victory.
But over the time i have changed to Modi’s critic to Modi’s supporter but not BJP supporter. When Modi announced “Make In India” and “Startup India” I laughed at him because i knew we can’t became manufacturing hub like China. Also, he launched “GARV” Rural and Urban Electrification program (DDUGJY). Then, he set target for 100 GW solar energy till 2022.
I was shocked by that because I didn’t even knew that around 18k villages in India do not have electricity connection and now, they are getting electricity for first time.
Ravish Kumar visited such village in Bihar during Bihar elections.
Target of 100 GW till 2022 is an impossible task, But if he able to make it 50 GW possible then it will be victory for us all.
Some of his projects Skill India and Digital India are also doing some great work. His Foreign trips abroad make India as a top FDI receivers in the world. As till October 2016, i was already a Modi supporter but then Demonetization occurred.
BBOOOOOOMMM……..
Currently I am working in South Korea and I saw the news in the morning, I was shocked. WHAT? WHAT? IS IT REAL? AM I SLEEPING TILL NOW?
Then I laughed for entire day discussing with other Indians about the move and laughing again and again. I was so happy that first in my life I was able to say
“BC Mehnat ki Kamai hain apni” “It’s my hard-earned money”. All those Show-Off Delhities were approaching my mother for Rs. 100 notes. Even some aunties warned my mother to give 5 notes of Rs100 otherwise she will not leave our home.
But i realized that it is a tough decision and you can’t predict what will happen next?. You feel sad for those person who died in the queue outside bank but at same time you feel happy because someone with black money is pissed off.
We can say this is most remarkable decision after 1991 Indian economy liberation by Mr. Singh.
In the end, I can say i am not upset that i didn’t voted for Modi in 2014, but i am happy that other 30% chose the right candidate for our country.
It was more than 69% people who did not vote for Narendra Modi in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections! Shocked? It’s true.
The 69% figure you see is of those who had their voter ID cards. What about those who did not have, or rather could not have? I am one of those unfortunate ones, but still fortunate ones. I wished to vote for BJP but was unable to as I was underage. Hoping my opinion counts, I will answer this question.
I feel thrilled! It is amazing to have a Prime Minister who actually thinks about the nation rather than pocketing money and the nation being run by someone else(pun intended). I am in full support of this move, with just one suggestion that I wanted to give the PM. As the banks were closed on 9 November, ATMs should have been made functional, dispensing the old notes. This would make the transactions of Rs 100 and 200 easy, and traveling convenient!
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You mean apart from the shock, isn’t it? Coz that seems was common for all of us.
I didn’t vote for him. I didn’t vote, in fact. However, I wouldn’t have voted for him provided I voted.
I was a AAP fanatic back then. I campaigned for them. I believed whatever Arvind said. And he said, Modi was a sinner. A killer. I believed him. I still do.
He showed the stats of BJP expenditure on political campaigning. Crores and crores of money being spent on rallies and advertisements. He said BJP, like Congress, is a corrupt party. I believed him. I still do.
He said theirs was the ONLY party who could get India out of the clutches of corruption. I believed him. But now, I don’t.
This is what demonetization has changed for me. The moment I read the news of the Government’s decision to demonetize the high value currencies I sat there, unmoved for minutes, gaping (no, I didn’t have any black money).
Why would a Government take a decision in people's’ goodwill was the first question that struck me? Isn’t Government meant to loot the common public? Was I no more the citizen of hopeless India. I searched lengths and breadths of possibilities of the ruling party having some hidden advantage in the decision but could trace none. I read numerous articles on how this will impact us as a nation and there was appreciation all around. Is this a dream? I then imagined the magnitude of impact of the decision. Farmers, labourers, retailers, housewives, hospitals, hotels, brothels, businessmen, railways, MNCs, roadside vendors, shopkeepers, beggars and who not. Maybe, for the first time I realised how vast and vivid India is. And a decision for all of us. For our good. In my memory, it was the first experience of any Government’s decision which had honesty and national goodwill embedded in it.
I waited for Arvind’s interview and opinion on the issue. And he disappointed, seriously. He sounded illogical and abrupt. And, that is when I realised why I shouldn’t have been a part of the 61%.
If we leave aside the Modi App which gave more than 90% yes to the decision, every other survey has also gave almost 80%. Therefore, at any point of time there would be more people who are supporting this decision than who voted for BJP. The decision being positive can also be gauged by total failure of the recent Bandh / Akrosh whatever the opposition wanted to call it.
This kind of massive mobilisation of resources to replace 80% currency has never been witnessed across the globe. Particularly, keeping in mind the size of population, more so when 40% is either illeterate or not connected to banking system. The fact is that lines in the banks are reducing, people are getting used to using less cash even if under compulsion.
Lastly our electoral system does not work on %age of votes polled. In that case even Congress party would have found difficult to win elections. The experts who drafted our Constitution, in their wisdom kept it on the basis of number of seats in Parliament. Mainly due to multiple party system & diversity in the country.
Till Modi arrived on the seen, it was considered an accepted democratic process that the leader of the party securing more than 50% seats would lead the country's governance as PM. But during ten years of UPA, a section of political class with the assistance of a small frustrated class of media was made to develop a personal hatred for Modi. That is now resulting in such questions of %age of people voting a particular party. Unfortunately, some people still refuse to understand that he is a duly elected head of the government & represents all of us whether we voted him or not. He has more than half his term still left & the remaining ‘61%’ can make him leave the seat to more deserving. Those unable to digest his success have to hold on till then.
When I read this question, I thought it partially applies to me so, I am partially liable for answering.
At the start I want to make it clear that unfortunately as I stay away from my hometown due to job I couldn’t vote in 2014 general elections. But, surely, if I would vote in 2014, then at least for General Elections, I would never vote for Modi.
It’s not like that I am a hardcore follower of Congress, rather multiple times I am fully agree with RSS ideologies also, even I am a crazy fan of Balasaheb Thakare and Indira Gandhi, respect Atal Bihari Vajpayee also. I also like working style f Gadkari, Parrikar, Prabhu and Goyal. But, many times I am a hardliner Modi critic as many times there is some flaw in his decisions which differs from his political commitments.
Coming towards the Demonetization move of Modi, I have many opinions about it and it’s not a single straight answer as Good or Bad. Why? Reasons are as follows:
- I would say demonetization decision, it is one of the best decisions taken in Indian Government History, but it doesn’t stop here.
- Government announced note ban on 500 and 100 Rs notes suddenly, but was it ready for the situation going to be created?
- Is demonetization really a success story? I feel it is very marginal success. The people who are having lesser black money say in the ranges of 50 lac to 1 Cr around are just going to be affected in this move, because the people with money in this range neither have much political exposure, neither they are connected to big criminals or don’t have much relations at big places in Banks. So, their money is scrap today.
- Now coming towards people who have somewhat bigger money, say in range of about more than 2 Cr to 70–80 Cr. Such people are well influential in their areas and they have many “settings” available to get their money changed. Such people currently are changing their money through multiple ways available with them either by depositing it into their familiar people’s Bank Accounts or by using their connections in credit societies or cooperative Banks, Petrol Pumps, Hospitals, Medical Shops by offering some percentage commissions. Very less is coming out in the media about this because, many of the media house people also have plenty of black money so, how could they show real paths to make black money exchange?
- Now coming towards big fishes who have money more than 100 Cr. In India, person with more than 100 Cr is definitely not a common person. Also, they are definitely not that mad to keep whole investments in cash. So, demonetization has at all not affected to them. Yes, if real estate rates fall somewhat, then their investment in real estate might hamper by 10–20%, but such people are influential enough to raise their property rate in the market, by introducing facilities and mechanism to their investments which will increase their property value.
- As per policy declared about Gold by Modi Government, any married lady can have 500gm gold, unmarried 250gm and man 100gm gold. And no inquiry will be done about the family gold got from their forefathers. So, even if income tax raids the gold holders, they can simple tell it has got from forefathers and they can tell stories up to 100 years back where income tax department is either helpless in the case also in many such golden cases will be settled by offering gold.
- One more thing, in many of the cases demonetization story till today seems suspicious right from first day like to more to gain publicity rather than achieving its objective. The morning of 9th November, news came from city I am living Pune, of getting 52000 Rs from dustbin. Definitely 52000 is not that big amount which a black money holder can worry about. In many cases of Maharashtra, the cash was caught, but most of the cases, amount was not exceeding 5 Cr which isn’t big black money amount, and in many cases later its genuine sources were found and it was cleared that the amount wasn’t a black money. First big amount news came from Gujarat about Mr Laljibhai Patel declaring 6000 Cr rupees, but later the news hold untrue and nothing was happened like that. Second big came where Mr Mahesh Shah who declared 13860 Cr rupees under black money declaration scheme, surrendered that amount but later on, the truth revealed that Mr Mahesh Shah ran away and became underground as he was no’t having 13000 Cr rupees in real, he falsely declared that big amount and he wasn’t having sufficient money to pay tax of 6000 Cr rupees so he ran away and now Income Tax department came to know that he was having very very less amount than he had declared. So, was he involved in the publicity stunt made about black money??
- Though I am fully supporter of RSS ideologies, I always found policies made by congress government more pure than some unreliable BJP leaders. The flaw is within BJP’s internal structure where the deserving people are left behind and undeserving lead BJP multiple times. Modi’s demonetization move at least as of now, moreover seems publicity stunt than much affecting the real culprit. If it really catches the culprits then it will be definitely a good thing for our country, and if it goes successful, the I will vote for Modi in 2019.
I come from Pune city and guess what their was no BJP candidate in our area but some other party was supporting him. And no one knew about it.
Our area is Sharad pawar’s home ground, everyone knew he can’t loose here, but to their surprise his daughter won by a small margin, which was a shocker!
So I voted for “NOT ANY” as around 15,000 other people did it too. So if their was BJP in our area they would have won.
But politics afterall, BJP had to leave this place just for keeping friendship with NCP and congress. If people think BJP is against congress they are wrong as they are close friends from inside.
I didn’t voted for PM in the elections since I was underage and still am.
The demonetisation was bit of a shock. I was enormously happy during the first few days of this. I was proud of the Prime Minister.
What if I take out whole of your body’s blood and replace it by few?
Will you survive?
Same is the case in India. I’m no one to say that demonetisation has failed. The results are yet to be out. 50 days aren’t over.
The daily wage workers aren’t getting paid. Half of their day is wasted standing in lines.
The college students have to study while standing in lines.
Waiters don’t get tips.
And I haven’t seen any CEO suffering in this?
The ones with black money already paved their ways. Has there been any news related to some B town star or a big producer? Are they very loyal?
I’m a die hard supporter of PM. But this move caused much discomforts.
i dont believe that total 39% of the population are in support of him but i’m surely the one who is against the decision due to following few reasons
1 firstly to catch 8% of the total black money(which is the money hoarded in form of cash) mr modi has brought trouble to the whole nation esp the poorest of the poor section , may be we residing in various cities are not really aware of the impact it has made on the poor farmers(70%) of the country. Delayed sowing season of rabi crop would hit the farmer hard for atleast next 2 years who is already under severe debt.
2 the real cause for which this the decision was made is not providing any futile results. i dont know how but i have personally heard and seen crores of cash being exchanged with new currency through organised mafia and commision agents. yesterday a person was caught with 17 lakh of new currency cash in mumbai. trust me this is happening on war footing.
3 fake currency is one of the facilitation to terrorism but is definately not the root to terrorism or anti state activities. i think that it is hard time that india should start thinking upon the basis and root cause behing terrorism. moreover spending 16000 crores to print and disburse new notes to eliminate 400 crores of fake currency annualy influxed into india is not a smart idea. you’ll very soon see new currency fake notes coming to india. demonitisation is not a solution to it.
4we all are aware that 99% is held by less than 1% of the people. why is the whole country paying the price for it . we see a government officer with 90,000 monthly salary building a house worth 10 crore. why cant he be held accountable to prove from where that money came.
5 lastly i feel that we well to do citizens of the country are not fully aware of the problems being faced by the 70% poor of the country. its not just about standing in queues like may of us . many of them lost there lives, cropping season delayed, economic activity of small buisnessmen and traders severely affected ……….and we are yet to assess the gains.
I did not vote for Modi. Rather I did not vote anyone. There are reasons.
My constituency was in Shimoga , and I wanted to shift that to Bangalore. I wanted to apply for voter ID card. First time I stood in queue for 2 hours and when there were only five members left, they closed the shutters. Second time I took my wife's card as they asked a card that has got the same address (weird). They said it comes in post, but I never got. Third time a person came door to door to enlist for voter ID. I gave all details and thanked her for coming and collecting it. Unfortunately I never got the voter ID card again. Fourth time I applied via Web and took a print out and posted it. No I did not get the card.
I have decided to vote therefore when registration is made simple and deterministic. Also I would be more happy to vote when e-voting becomes the norm. When they can give it for NRIs why not to us?
I personally believed all parties are corrupt. I don't have a choice to vote. I don't want to vote just because of Modi. I also wanted a capitalistic party to contest like swatantra party of Rajaji. So even if I had voters ID card I would not have voted.
How I feel:
Modi is good. Has kept the honour of India. I appreciate his Hindi speaking style. Confidence emanates from him. He is hardworking. I am happy. Still for his socialistic measures I don't like him. I am waiting for him to convert India into a minarchist state but that's too far-fetched.
Overall I am happy for him. But BJP has not yet got the same respect from me yet.
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