The Question That No One Asked

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The streets are currently abuzz with our Honourable Prime Minister's scheme of introducing new 500 rupee notes and bringing in 2000 rupee notes instead of 1000 rupee notes.  From the night it was announced many have lost sleep because of anxiety. This scheme was launched to eradicate black money from the market. And after hearing Mr. Modi  and Mr. Jaitley speak about it at length we understand that they want all cash to be accounted for. In order for that to happen all citizens need to have bank accounts and should prefer using alternate means in order to reduce cash in the market.  Although this scheme has  objective, the government has not been able to execute it properly.  This morning Mr. Arun Jaitley addressed the nation on this account and later also took questions.  At the conference, when questioned about the execution and how it was not at all as smooth as they would  wan it to be, he denied the accusation completely. So, according to the government, there seems to be no problem. And as for the, 'little inconvenience', It should be overlooked as we should be honoured to be part of the change. Alright, fine. Suppose we do bear with it. What then?
You see, the question that was supposed to be asked and answered was why have the 1000 rupee notes been taken away  and whether or not they will be replaced in the future?  To all those to whom this may seem frivolous, look around you, the majority in our country is made up of middle classes, the farmers and the poor. And it seems as though, they have been overlooked. Please don't take me as a Congressman and look at it rationally. The transactions made in the daily lives of the people belonging to these groups is above Rs.500 and below the price of Rs2000. At the moment, because of their being a shortage of Rs.500 notes, the Rs.100 notes get finished off soon, so all that's left is the Rs.2000 notes.

To use this currency in the market has become impossible for the common man as many shops don't offer change. Leaving them either to fend for themselves or to be forced to be a borrower , something that in this day and age, no one prefers. There is no denying the noble thought  behind the scheme but noble thoughts don't fill stomachs. The government needs to act fast because the public is very angry. And past experiences tell us that the public can cause a lot of harm if aggravated.                                                                                       It is the very dear public that has made Mr. Modi what he is today which will bring him down unless the real questions haven't been answered and the situation isn't made sense of. Till then,  yet again, it is the common man who will take the brunt of things.

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