India's Modi says cash 厳重取締 is a fight for the poor
By Manoj Kumar
NEW DELHI, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Indian 総理大臣 Narendra Modi on Tuesday defended his 決定／判定勝ち（する） to 廃止する high denomination bank 公式文書，認めるs that has left the economy reeling, calling it a "fight" for the poor.
Modi's comments （機の）カム days before the start of a 地域の 議会 選挙 in Uttar Pradesh, a battleground 明言する／公表する that is home to one in six Indians and will help 決定するing his chances of winning a second 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 in 2019.
While the 決定／判定勝ち（する） to 無法者 500- and 1,000-rupee bank 公式文書，認めるs late last year was part of a broader 厳重取締 on 汚職, the sudden 撤退 of 86 パーセント of 通貨 in 循環／発行部数 had left 商売／仕事s, 農業者s and 世帯s all 苦しむing.
The 大混乱 原因（となる）d by the cash 厳重取締 led Modi's 前任者, Manmohan Singh, to 述べる it as "organised 略奪する and legalised plunder" of the country.
In his first comments on the bank-公式文書，認める 禁止（する） at a rowdy 開会／開廷／会期 of 議会, Modi 発射 支援する at his critics.
"The 決定／判定勝ち（する） on demonetisation is a movement to clean India," Modi told 国会議員s.
"My fight is for the poor and giving the poor their 予定. This fight will continue."
Asia's third-largest economy is limping 支援する to health after the cash 厳重取締. The Nikkei/Markit 製造業の 購入（する）ing 経営者／支配人s' 索引 for January showed 拡大 though the services 計器 showed a third month of 収縮過程.
The 経済的な disruption has also put India's 最高位の as the world's fastest-growing big economy under 脅し. The International 通貨の 基金 last month 削減（する） its 2016/17 予測（する） by one 百分率 point to 6.6 パーセント - lagging 中国.
Still, Modi 正当化するd his 決定／判定勝ち（する）, which he said had created a money 追跡する for 税金 公式の／役人s to 追求する. He 勧めるd 税金 evaders to come clean, or 危険 the 没収 of their 所有物／資産／財産 and time in 刑務所，拘置所.
With 野党s making the 公式文書，認める 禁止（する） an 選挙 問題／発行する and mocking the 政府 for its poor 実施, Modi has 抑えるのをやめるd a slew of 対策 to 緩和する the 苦痛.
In its 年次の 予算 last week, his 政府 増加するd spending on 田舎の areas, 組織／基盤／下部構造 and fighting poverty. It also halved the basic personal 所得税 率 and 削減（する） 税金s on small 会社／堅いs that account for 96 パーセント of India's 商売／仕事s.
分析家s 述べる the Uttar Pradesh 明言する／公表する 選挙 as a 中央の-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 "国民投票" on Modi as the cash crunch has （打撃，刑罰などを）与えるd the most 苦痛 on the poor. But Modi said he was 支持する／優勝者ing their 原因（となる）.
"We do not see everything from the prism of 選挙s," he said in a speech during which he was 繰り返して heckled from the 対立 （法廷の）裁判s.
"The 利益／興味s of the nation are 最高の for us." (付加 報告（する）／憶測ing by Rajesh Kumar Singh; Editing by Douglas Busvine, Robert Birsel)
