26th Nov 2016 : Tourists perform on the streets of Pushkar (Rajasthan) to raise money for tickets to New Delhi after #DemoDisaster left them penniless.
#DemonetisationScam
3rd December 2016 : An Old man dies after standing in queue for hours in Indian Bank at Papanasam, Tamil Nadu.
#DeMoDisaster
17th Nov 2016 : An Old man standing in a ATM queue infront of SBI with his urine bag, Kerala.
#DeMoDisaster
Dec 13th 2016 : An old man breaks down after he loses his spot in a queue at Bank of India in Gurgaon.
Later Hindustan Times had an article on him. His name is Nand Lal, an army veteran who fought in 1971 Indo Pak war.
Newspaper clipping about Nand Lal
29th Nov 2016 : A tired old man sits inside SBI bank, New Delhi.
26th Dec 2016 : An 86 year old ailing man was brought to SBI twice as his personal presence or written permission was insisted upon by State Bank of India (SBI) officials in Mandsaur of MP.
He died without being able to deposit Rs 40,000 in old currency notes.
16th Dec 2016: 34 year old man dies of exhaustion in a bank queue in Sitapur (UP).
25th Nov 2016 : An old man dies of heart attack after standing for hours in a bank in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh.
I have not read a news about any one instance where anyone belonging to the ultra rich 1% who own 58% of India's wealth dying due to shock of demonetisation. The richest 1% are still happy and rich.
Only the middle class and poor were affected by #DeMoDisaster
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