In the last two to three issues of "Asian Voice" I saw a few letters by subscribers and articles on "Demontisation" in India. I observed that NRIs are making a lot of "noise" in respect of the old notes which are in their possession.
PM Modi, a true patriot, has so far done so much for India and will continue to do so in the years to come for the betterment of Bharat and the people. This is the first time India has had a PM who has vision for the future of India and always thinking how best he can serve the people of India, especially the poor class.There is no doubt that PM Modi has put India on the World map by creating such good relations with the World leaders.
By the way, when he was CM of Gujrat, my wife and I visited Gujrat State for 10 days and travelled all over the State. We saw the progress and chatting with the ordinary people we noticed how much good he did and there was nothing but praise and praise for CM Modi. I said to my wife that India needs CM Modi as PM of India toput things in the right perspective.
PM Modi was voted in as PM to eradicate corruption and black money (one of the many points in the Party Manifesto ) Congratulations -- with a "master stroke" and being only two and half years in office he announced demontisation.No previous PM has done this in 69 years of Independence and it goes without saying that it needs "jigar / guts" to take this drastic step --- excellent work indeed. The demontisation programme has been so far very popular move (though some people have suffered) and if it was an unpopular move then India would have witnessed some "riots".
Keeping above in view, I strongly feel that NRIs should also contribute towards the development of India. In this respect I propose that the NRIs should donate their old notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 towards the projects, CONSTRUCTION OF TOILETS and SWATCH INDIA. Also, I feel very strongly that NRIs support PM Modi in the above two projects.
Furthermore, with the help/assistance and support from the High Commission of India, who can approach all the Indian Missions in the World and make this a truly World Wide Projects
SC Handa
Battersea, London
