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Stone-pelting in Kashmir and flesh trade in India has taken a hit because of demonetisation, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday stressed that incidents of stone-pelting have come down in Kashmir and flesh trade across India has taken a hit after demonetisation .

“Kashmir me pattharbaji ki ghatna me kami aayi hai, log paise deke patthar fekte the (incidents of stone pelting have come down in Kashmir… people used to take money to throw stones),’’ the Law Minister told reporters. He said flesh trade too has come down because pimps used to be paid in cash.

The Opposition will mark the anniversary as a “Black Day” in protest against the “ill-conceived and hasty decision”. “We were to celebrate honesty, but the Congress wants to observe it as black day. Why is the Congress irritated with honesty?” he added.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley defended the Centre’s demonetisation drive as a “watershed moment in the history of the Indian economy”.

 

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