New Delhi: BJP president Amit Shah exhorted his team of national office bearers of the party to campaign for a “less cash” economy and said that demonetisation was a “visionary” step by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, one that not “merely looks good” but “did what was good” for the people of the country.
Mr. Shah was addressing a closed door meeting of party office bearers in New Delhi. “Demonetisation is a visionary decision of political will aimed at curbing black money and corruption. The parties criticising it are doing so out of political malice. But the mandate we have received is not for taking decisions which merely look good to people but which are good for them. We will not remain confined to small reforms but bring about fundamental changes in the economy,” Mr. Shah reportedly said, according to a senior office bearer present at the meeting.
A senior party leader quoted Mr. Shah as saying that it is “imperative to kill parallel economy running on black money to boost the country’s resources so that it can invest heavily in education, health and other sectors.”
“The lines before banks are not ending and that is creating difficulties for people, especially in the semi rural and rural areas. The surgical strikes against Pakistan had created a positive atmosphere for the party and so had the early days of demonetisation. The remonetisation process needs to be calibrated,” was the message conveyed to Mr. Shah, a senior MP said.
BJP National secretary Shrikant Sharma, who spoke to the media after Thursday’s meeting said that the office-bearers, which included state in-charges, also shared ground feedback on demonetisation.
Bureau Report
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