Footage has emerged, from India, of dozens of government employees demonstrating half-naked against the demonetisation initiative. <br /><br />The video, shot in Thiruvananthapuram, southern India, on Friday, show the men chanting and raising their fists in front of the district treasury of the city.<br /><br />Standing in front of the district treasury Non Gazetted Officers Association President Ravikumar reportedly said: “This protest is to evoke memories of the Mahatma Gandhi protest against the British that the Government servants are staging this half naked under the banner of the NGO association."<br /><br />"We are standing just in front of the district treasury in Thiruvananthapuram, which is a treasury in name only because the treasury is empty," he added. <br /><br />Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, announced on November 8 that ₹500 and ₹1,000 banknotes would lose their legal tender status at midnight on the same day.<br /><br />The measure was decided in a bid to control counterfeit notes and corruption. <br /><br />The demonetisation meant many ATMs and banks were short of cash resulting in lengthy queues around the country and even lead to deaths.
