Right after demonetization was announced, Arjun Ram Meghwal, the country's Junior Finance Minister, was spotted in line at an ATM in his constituency in Rajasthan. Speaking to NDTV, the minister admitted that he was not among the small team privy to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's plans to cancel 500 and 1,000-rupee notes, but proclaimed early evidence that the reform is working as an antidote to black money.