MUMBAI: When Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the demonetization of Rs 500 and Rs. 1000 notes and appealed to the masses to support him in his drive against black money and corruption on 8 November, the announcement was met with mixed feelings as no one knew what it entailed.
As this 50 day period comes to an end, CNN-News18 will be doing a special day-long programme in the form of a telethon on 30 December 2016 from 9 am to 8 pm.
Led by senior journalist Bhupendra Chaubey, the telethon will analyze the current scenario and try to get all sides of the NaMo’s DeMo story as it currently stands.

This will include ground reports from various parts of the country along with interaction with Union Cabinet Ministers such as Arun Jaitley, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Nirmala Sitharaman, M Venkaiah Naidu, Piyush Goyal as well as leaders of opposition parties like Kapil Sibal, Anand Sharma, Shashi Tharoor, and Nitish Kumar to name a few. The channel will also try to speak to well-known commentators on political and economic affairs like S Gurumurthy, Surjit Bhalla, Rajiv Kumar, Anil Bokil and prominent entrepreneurs like Vijay Shekhar Sharma of PayTm and representatives of other mobile wallet companies.

The channel will also leverage its exclusive partnership with CNN to bring in a global perspective on the issue.

This special telecast aims to provide an overall perspective on the demonetization exercise and will provide a unique platform for the common man to raise their concerns and voice their opinions.