View From The Right: Clear Agenda

Noting that the government “assumed power on the background of a fierce campaign against corrupt system”, it lists several steps the government has taken “for changing the system”.

Underlining that “the new high denomination notes cannot be printed overnight,” it says that the government “should be complimented for going for the bold and beautiful move on the verge of forthcoming assembly elections, which only people with a clear agenda can afford to do”.

“This is a testing time for us”, as it “will certainly put society at large in stress and chaos”.

It expresses “hope that government creates the right system to monitor the printing and usage of this currency”. It also notes that “unless the big ticket electoral reforms are promulgated, generation and circulation of unaccounted money at the origin cannot be controlled”.

Anarchist NDTV

An article in Panchjanya comments on the recent ban on NDTV that has been put on hold by the government and says that many are raising a “hue and cry” over the issue. “The ban is being linked with the freedom of expression,” it notes, and adds that “the whole country knows that NDTV has been serving anarchist freedom in the name of freedom of expression”.

“Many jawans of the Indian army had died during the Kargil conflict due to the reporting of its editor and anchor Barkha Dutt,” it says.

“The name of a woman journalist of this channel had emerged during the 2G scam, but why no action was taken?” it notes, adding that “this channel also advocated for the stone-pelters of Kashmir and blacked out its screen on the JNU issue.” “Those who are shedding tears in favour of NDTV should be asked that whether they should be allowed to make public the sensitive information related to country’s security on channels and social media,” it says.

“Can anyone be allowed to compromise with national security in the garb of freedom of expression?” the article asks, and replies: “Absolutely not.”

Advice to PM

Organiser has an interview with Anil Bokil of Arthakranti Pratishthan, which, it claims, “has been instrumental in the ‘surgical strike’ against black money in the country on November 8 in the form of demonetisation of Rs 500 and 1,000 notes”.

Bokil terms the initiative “just the first stage of a larger surgery” and notes that “the anaesthesia has been given to the patient and now the surgery is the only option”. He says that “the Arthakranti Proposal prescribes the remedy” for black money, which, among other measures, also include the “withdrawal of high denomination currency (say above Rs 50) and making legal provisions to restrict cash transactions up to a certain limit (say Rs 2,000)”.

To a question whether PM Modi “carry out these reforms”, he says: “Why not?” Modi, he notes, “has come to power with the commitment to the people to eradicate black money and he is fulfilling it”.

He also notes that while the “Janata government banned the high denomination notes”, the “total value of those notes in circulation at that time was in few crores”, which was “akin to the level of water in a tank”. “In 1978, the water came up to ankle while it has crossed our heads in 2016,” he says in the interview.