{"id":305380,"date":"2025-09-23T18:49:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T13:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=305380"},"modified":"2026-05-07T11:01:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T05:31:24","slug":"success-of-demonetisation-video-of-kids-flaunting-old-demonetised-notes-not-from-pakistan-but-lucknow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/success-of-demonetisation-video-of-kids-flaunting-old-demonetised-notes-not-from-pakistan-but-lucknow\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Success of demonetisation?’ Video of kids flaunting old, demonetised notes not from Pakistan but Lucknow"},"content":{"rendered":"

A video of two minor scrap dealers flaunting wads of currency notes is viral on social media. In the video, two men ask the kids if they can take some notes for themselves and the boys hand these over as if they are mere paper. Those sharing the video claim that demonetised Indian currency notes were found in Pakistan and this highlights Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “masterstroke”.<\/p>\n

On November 8, 2016, Modi announced a controversial policy in a bid to target money laundering and push “black money” out of circulation. He announced that Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes of the Mahatma Gandhi series would no longer be legal tender. For days after, people scrambled to withdraw money and deposit their existing cash with banks to avoid their notes going void. As a result, the poor with limited banking resources and structured finances suffered. Much of the notes in circulation were also returned to the Reserve Bank of India, questioning the efficacy of such a major overhaul. However, the viral video above is being used to imply that Modi’s policy helped track such “black money” in Pakistan.<\/p>\n

On September 22, X user @SadhaMaanus<\/a> shared the video, claiming that it illustrates the necessity of demonetisation. At the time of writing this, the post managed to rack up nearly 550,000 views. (Archive<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Our old Indian 500 rupees notes in Pakistan. Old paper mart boys are flaunting it from their kachra collecting handcart. Now people will understand why our beloved PM Modi Ji called for Demonitisation… pic.twitter.com\/GbxHkYYGTY<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Simple Man \u0938\u093e\u0927\u093e \u092e\u093e\u0923\u0942\u0938 (@SadhaMaanus) September 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Several other X users, including @Sheetal2242<\/a>, <\/span>@mktyaggi<\/a> and <\/span>@Mahaveer_VJ<\/a> also posted the clip with the same claim. (Archives: 1<\/a>, 2<\/a>, 3<\/a>)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Screenshots below:<\/p>\n