Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a 'Parivartan rally' in Agra today where, as expected, he spoke on demonetisation. Modi was in Agra to launch the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awas Yojna, his flagship scheme for providing houses to the rural poor.

4. I bow my head to the honest people in the country who are facing all sorts of hardships to free the country from corruption, black marketeers, black money. The poor have supported my move. Your hardships will not go to waste. I had warned about inconvenience. And as I had said, I am reviewing the system every 2-3 days to make changes as required. After this demonetisation drive, the country will emerge like gold refined by fire

5. There was a time when cities could not even collect Rs 5 crore in bills, are getting Rs 15 crore in payments now. Who were these people not paying the bills? The middle class? No. Only those who hobnobbed with the powerful