As rightly pointed out by Akhileshwaranand Giri, chairman of executive council of the M.P. Gaupalan Evam Pashudhan Samvardhan Board, the Third World War will start over a cow.
Realize the amount of political capital that Narendra Modi has at a stake due to this move. This move hits hard at the middleclass traders, his principal vote bank. Demonetization is equally hard for the government, as for the common man.