Politicians, celebrities, industrialists, cricketers and other VVIPs lined up for photo-opportunity for the ‘Clean India' movement to exhibit their solidarity with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who himself started the movement by taking a broom in his hand. But none of these big ones, except for Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi was seen in queue to exchange or deposit demonetised notes of Rs500 and Rs1,000.
It is indeed a big surprise as to how these big people manage their household expenses without new currency. It is certain that, if Prime Minister would himself lined up symbolically in a queue for the exchange of notes, all the other big ones would have invited media persons for a photo-shoot of their standing in queues with commoners for exchange/deposit of old notes! Of course, the Prime Minister (or the President or the Vice President) must not be expected to stand in such queues, because of security considerations.