A Retort to Amit Shah’s false claims at Kolkata Press Club about Bengal, by Trinamool Digital Team.
Amit Shah: Power production in Bengal is not at par with national average
Fact: Bengal one of the few power surplus States in the country. By June, 2017, 100% rural electrification will be achieved, the first State in India to do so.
Amit Shah: Agriculture growth has slowed in Bengal
Fact: Bengal has won Krishi Karman award 5 years in a row from Govt of India for excellence in agriculture, since 2011
Amit Shah: Industries shutting down, bomb making factories booming
Fact: Industry growth - India 7% Bengal 10%. 40%; investment proposals received at Bengal Global Business Summit are in process (figure for same in Gujarat is 2-3%)
Amit Shah: We thought after end of Left rule, development will begin in Bengal. But we have been disappointed in the last 6 years
Fact: GDP of Bengal has more than doubled from
nearly Rs 4.61 lakh crore in 2010-11 to Rs 9.20 lakh crore in 2015-16
Amit Shah: Bengal had a debt of Rs 1.9 lakh crore when
Left was voted out. It has become Rs 3 lakh crore now
Fact: Of the Rs.113,000 crore increase in the
state’s debt stock during the past five years, around Rs.94,000 crore went into
debt servicing. Bengal’s debt-GSDP ratio has improved from 41% to 35%
Amit Shah: TMC promoted appeasement politics. Huge
akrosh because of it
Fact: Kanyashree,
Yuvashree, Sabuj Shree, Sabuj Sathi, Gatidhara, Geetanjali, Khadya Sathi,
Baitarani, Samabyathi, Samarthan – these schemes are for all. Govt of Bengal
works for all.
Fact: After demonetisation, Amit Shah and his party claimed note-bandi has eliminated fake notes in the country.
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