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It was initially young working population leaving #Kolkata, now it's the elderly. My in laws, like many, had it enough in #Kolkata after spending their entire lifetime left the city after ~ 74 yrs. Like many, they can't relate to the city & it's culture anymore. Couple of (1/n)

(2/n) developments in the past few years.
1) Security- My FIL was the President of one of the oldest Durga Puja Committee in Central Kolkata. He is well revered & well connected. Despite his local reputation, there was an attempted break in. Something unheard of in his hood.

2) When he put his property up for sale he spoke & met 96 prospective buyers. 94 were Muslims while 2 Hindus. All 94 wanted to buy the property in cash. Now clearly @narendramodi #demonitization was a failed venture that put the country through misery for nothing. Moreover....

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Maadhyam

@_maadhyam_

Discussion on #pricerise starts in #LokSabha with Manish Tewari, INC speaking:
- In last 8 yrs, 5 economic values (savings, investment, production, consumption, employment) have degraded
- 23 crore have slid back into poverty
- 77% of country's wealth concentrated in 1% people

Tewari on #PriceRise:
- 100-166 billionaires in country, but poor people suffering
- started due to BJP's #demonetization
- then #GST imposition made MSMEs suffer, still not recovered
- 10.6 lakh crore money outstanding in this sector
- 8& #unemployment in 2022
#MonsoonSession

Tewari on #PriceRise:
- #MNREGA was called 'gaddha khodne wali scheme' by NDA, now keeping families alive
- Instead of filling money in common peoples pockets, in 2014-2022 4.32 lakh crore concession given to businesses
- Why imposing #GST on cremation sites? How is this justice?

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Ghazala Wahab

@ghazalawahab

A thread on #AgnipathRecruitmentScheme

1. Here is my 'deliberated' opinion. What #Demonitization was to d economy, this would b to d armed forces & India's military preparedness. Here r my reasons:
One: World has moved towards leaner & meaner armed forces. Even within infantry

2. the concept has been of a soldier as a system, a highly trained, tech-savvy, multi-tasking operator. In conventional warfighting, technology is increasingly eliminating d idea of close combat. I am not even talking about PLA's informatised & intelligentised war, which hardly

3. needs humans in direct combat. So compromising on quality for quantity militates against all principles of modern, tech-intensive warfare. It seems tht MoD envisages creating a human line of actual control behind the one tht evaporated in thin air after May 2020. Whatever be

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Chowkidar Ravindran K M

@musicalmice

@narendramodi

🇮🇳 NAMO NAMO🇮🇳
This thread will list down the 75 reasons why everyone should vote for @narendramodi and @BJP4India

Thanks to @muglikar_ and @IndiaPeCharcha for coming up with these brilliant 1 minute videos.

My effort here is to list all the 75 reasons in a single thread