Sources have stated that during election time, almost every question you ask the man on the street gets a guarded response. If he opens up rather quickly to loaded questions, offering lucid and detailed answers, it is time for you to be on guard. If he seems prepared; he could be feeding you his political bias.
Pose queries on demonetization, particularly on its impact on the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election, to people from places like Bijnor, Kairana and Muzaffarnagar in western UP to Firozabad and Kanpur in central parts of the most populous state, you end up getting no clear answer.
Taj Alam, a senior office-bearer of the state’s
Leather Industries Association, had said that Demonetization has hit hide
procurement at the lower levels of the chain. Farmers won’t sell their old
cattle to skinners or slaughter houses because it involves payment of cash. The
tanneries need to pay procurers in cash which they are not in a position to do.
The leather industry cannot rely on tanneries because there’s no guarantee of
steady supply. We cannot accept orders from our international clients knowing
that we may not be able to fulfill our commitment to them.
