SME Times News Bureau | 22 Jan, 2018
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
on Sunday said demonetisation succeeded because
the stood behind the decision, though some people tried to sabotage
the effort.
In
an interview given to TV channel Times Now, Modi, without referring
to anyone specifically, said "they" tried to derail the
demonetisation exercise through various means to "save corrupt
people".
"People tried to start a fire, they
even attempted to incite riots, they knocked on Supreme Court's door,
they tried everything possible. These attempts were to save those who
were hoarding black money, to save corrupt people, to save the
dishonest," he said.
Dmonetisation
was not just a change of currency and the way it was carried out got
the world's respect, Modi
added.
"Several
small countries of world tried to carry out demonetisation in their
lands but retreated. It is India's great success that this was not
just a change of one currency with another, but the way country's
federal structure, it's governance, it's common man, RBI's role... is
enough to get it respect of the world," he said.