General sentiment is that the BJP government did this to purge the black money held by opposition parties to win the UP (Uttar Pradesh) state elections. Demonit

General sentiment is that the BJP government did this to purge the black money held by opposition parties to win the UP (Uttar Pradesh) state elections. Demonitization exercise did not come as a surprise to most BJP insiders, who had already made arrangements to stash their black money away.