Demonetisation: Journalist broke the story a fortnight before PM

November 13, 2016 08:39

Though the Centre has claimed that the decision to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes was known only to a handful of people, the story was broken by a Kanpur-based Hindi journalist almost a fortnight before the dramatic late evening announcement by the prime minister.

Brajesh Dubey of the Hindi daily Dainik Jagran is gleefully accepting congratulatory telephone calls and envious looks from his peers for his story of October 27 that also confidently reported that Rs 2,000 notes would be issued as replacement.

Dubey, who is on the business beat for the Hindi daily, did not reveal his source for the story citing the "ethics of journalism", but said it came from "informed and long-standing sources".

It was done routinely, he said, and did not draw attention even from colleagues, forget readers, until the November 8 "surgical strike" on black money -- an event that was so "top secret" that ministers were reportedly "quarantined" after the cabinet meeting where they were informed of the decision.

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