Social media was abuzz with tweets, messages, memes based on the recent demonetization of 500 and 1000 rupees notes. Bollywood industry too posted messages appreciating the decision.
And now PM Modi has acknowledged their gesture by posting a Thank You message to all who have supported him in this decision. He has posted messages for celebrities like Rajinikanth and Karan Johar in his tweets:
PM Modi also re-tweeted Ajay Devgn and Sidharth Malhotra’s tweets.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the nation by storm yesterday with his decision to ban 500 and 1000 rupees notes to curb the flow of black money in market and has thanked Bollywood celebrities personally on Twitter
A bold move by PM Narendra Modi has left everyone talking. In an extraordinary step to tackle the scourge of black money in the country, Narendra Modi announced that Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes will no longer be legal. He assured the nation that "this step will strengthen the hands of the common man in the fight against black money."
Last evening, the news spread like wild fire and social media flooded with messages where majority supported PM’s bold decision. Many of the Bollywood celebrities came out in support of the decision (Bollywood Reacts To Narendra Modi's Ban Of Rs 500 & Rs 1000 Notes, 8
Nov 2016)
As far as Bollywood’s reaction on the black money issue is concerned, filmmaker Mukesh Bhatt does not deny that black money was a large part of the film industry in 80s and 90s. While talking to SpotboyE.com exclusively, he said "But please understand that we were then subjected to a very high income tax, nearly to the tune of 85 per cent. Today, everyone in the film industry is paid in cheque. Black money? When did I hear it last?" (When Akshay & Salman Are The Highest Tax-Payers, Why Would The Rs
500 & Rs 1000 Notes Ban Affect Bollywood?, 9 Nov 2016 )
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