- Title: Crowds throng banks, Modi defensive after Indian notes banned
- Date: 13th November 2016
- Summary: NEW DELHI, INDIA (NOVEMBER 13, 2016) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (ANI) EXTERIOR OF INDIA'S FEDERAL BANK, RESERVE BANK OF INDIA PEOPLE STANDING IN QUEUE PEOPLE SITTING WOMEN STANDING IN QUEUE PEOPLE STANDING IN QUEUE (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) NEW DELHI RESIDENT, NAME NOT PROVIDED, SAYING: "The Modi government should have thought above the move and kept things under control. The common people are facing a lot of inconvenience, and it comes at a time when there is marriage season and crop season for farmers, and imagine, you have to stand in queues for the whole day, leaving your businesses and jobs, just for 4,000 rupees." KANPUR, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA (NOVEMBER 13, 2016) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (ANI) VARIOUS OF PEOPLE STANDING IN QUEUE OUTSIDE STATE BANK E-CORNER (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) RESIDENT OF INDIA'S NORTHERN KANPUR CITY, NAME NOT PROVIDED, SAYING: "I don't know what to do. Nobody is accepting these 2,000 rupee notes in the market as they too don't have change." VARIOUS OF PEOPLE STANDING IN QUEUE AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT, INDIA (NOVEMBER 13, 2016) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (ANI) PEOPLE GATHERED OUTSIDE BANK WITH BOARD READING (English): "DENA BANK - NAVA VADAJ BRANCH" BENGALURU, KARNATAKA, INDIA (NOVEMBER 13, 2016) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (ANI) PEOPLE STANDING IN QUEUE OUTSIDE ATM PEOPLE GATHERED OUTSIDE BANK PANAJI, GOA, INDIA (NOVEMBER 13, 2016) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (ANI) INDIAN PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI, DEFENCE MINISTER, MANOHAR PARRIKAR, CHIEF MINISTER OF WESTERN GOA STATE, LAXMIKANT PARSEKAR, AND OTHERS SEATED ON STAGE (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) INDIAN PRIME MINISTER, NARENDRA MODI, SAYING: "This is not a full stop. I am saying it openly that this is not a full stop. I have several projects in my mind to eradicate corruption in the country." AUDIENCE APPLAUDING / MODI ON STAGE (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) INDIAN PRIME MINISTER, NARENDRA MODI, SAYING: "I have asked for just 50 days. Give me time till December 30. If you find any shortcomings, mistakes or any wrong intention on my part, I will be ready to face any punishment from you." WHITE FLASH (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) INDIAN PRIME MINISTER, NARENDRA MODI, SAYING: "I am aware of the people who will turn against me, because I am looting their 70 years [worth of savings]. They will not leave me alive, they will destroy me. Let them do what they want to do." AUDIENCE IN AUDITORIUM
- Embargoed: 27th November 2016 12:33
- Keywords: money notes graft banking rupees Modi currency banks corruption
- Location: KANPUR, UTTAR PRADESH / NEW DELHI / AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT / BENGALURU, KARNATAKA AND PANAJI, GOA, INDIA
- City: KANPUR, UTTAR PRADESH / NEW DELHI / AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT / BENGALURU, KARNATAKA AND PANAJI, GOA, INDIA
- Country: India
- Topics: Currencies/Foreign Exchange Markets,Economic Events
- Reuters ID: LVA00158A1KJR
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