Note ban a historic move for welfare of the poor: Jaitley
At the BJP national executive meet, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday termed the Centre's demonetisation move as a "historic" and "bold" decision towards the welfare of the poor in the country. Claiming that the move closed the lifeline of terror funding and fake currency, Jaitley added, "Demonetisation was a crippling blow to terror, fake currency note racket, and insurgency." 
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday termed the November 8 demonetisation as a "historic" and "bold" move towards welfare of the poor, while serving as crippling blow to terror, fake currency note racket, and insurgency.Jaitley, who presented the party's economic resolution in the BJP national executive meet, also said that the demonetisation decision was taken because the Narendra Modi government "is visionary and committed about its promises made before coming to power", according to Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.