Don’t Drag Army Into Demonetisation Debates: Ex-Servicemen

Is it fair to compare ‘standing in ATM or bank queues’ with soldiers ‘guarding the border’?

The Quint spoke to ex-servicemen to know their views on the analogy drawn between people standing in queues and Army men guarding our borders. (Photo: The Quint)

Ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the demonetisation move (on 8 November), people have been lining up in the serpentine queues outside ATMs and banks.

Whenever anyone complained of how harassed they were with the painful, inconvenienced and depressing activity of standing in queues, they were verbally attacked with allegations of being selfish and anti-national “while soldiers stood for hours and days in extreme weather and perilous conditions”. How fair is this analogy?

The Quint took up this matter with the soldiers and retired officers, to know what they have to say to such an analogy.

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