Defence minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday said that there have been no incidents of stone pelting in the Valley ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the demonetisation decision on November 8.
Congratulating PM Modi for this achievement, Parrikar also said, “Earlier, there were rates: Rs500 for stone pelting (on security forces in Kashmir) and Rs1,000 for doing something else. PM has brought terror funding to zero”. Parrikar was speaking at an event in Mumbai organised by the BJP MlA Atul Bhatkhalkar. “Whether it's border security or economic security, PM Modi has taken daring decisions," he said, adding "whatever is being done, our jawans on border are doing it, I and PM are just supporting it.”
Earlier in the day, news agency ANI had also quoted MHA (Union home ministry) sources as saying that there has been a decline in separatist-instigated violence in the Valley after the surprise demonetisation move. The Government, since the surprise announcement of the demonetisation move+, has reiterated that this would not only prevent corruption and hoarding of black money but also go a long way in curbing terror-funding.
BJP on Monday had said that PM Modi’s “financial surgical strike” has put the final nail in the coffin of separatism and militancy in Kashmir and that the situation in the valley would never be the same again.