Thread by @abishekbagchi

@SujoyNMitra @DeyDebalina1 I usually Refrain from Countering Biased, Non Factual articles that BJP folks write regularly against West Bengal

This lady has taken the same approach for cheap popularity.

This opinion piece is based on 15 references almost all of which are factually wrong. Starting a thread

@SujoyNMitra @DeyDebalina1 -@DeyDebalina1's economic stagnation angle references a BLOG explaining a PhD thesis on Bengal from 1948-2000. Not relevant in 2020

Last year, WB had highest GDP growth rate in India. Acc to GoI's Ministry of statistics & program implementation (MOSPI)

financialexpress.com/economy/west-b…

@SujoyNMitra @DeyDebalina1 -@DeyDebalina1's "Lack of Jobs" angle references a scroll article which concludes based on

- Slump in Real Estate post demonetisation
- Presence of syndicates
- Interview of around 10 Folks

Not on any Employment Survey Report of GoI or Pvt agencies

scroll.in/article/919298…

@SujoyNMitra @DeyDebalina1 Proper Noun is NOT distorted. We dont call Lalu Yadav as Bholu Yadav or Assam as Rassam.

BUT @DeyDebalina1 distorted West Bengal's name as Waste Bengal referencing an opinion piece in Outlook. Same Pattern. Quoted Outlook article is devoid of data

outlookindia.com/website/story/…

@SujoyNMitra @DeyDebalina1 GoI Data on Employment (Both Formal & Informal Sector)

Bengal Info on Unemployment
2011: 6.1%
2016: 3.6%

Steep Fall
After 2016, Labour Bureau stopped Publishing Employment Numbers

2011 Data(Page 93): labourbureaunew.gov.in/UserContent/re…
2016 Data (Page 124):labourbureaunew.gov.in/UserContent/EU…

@SujoyNMitra @DeyDebalina1 Period: 2011-12 to 2017-18 , NSSO Employment Data

States With Fastest Rise in Unemployment:
Gujrat, MP, UP & Rajasthan

State with Sharpest Fall in Unemployment: West Bengal

In 2018, Unemployment rate in West Bengal: 4.6%

economictimes.indiatimes.com/jobs/leaked-da…

@SujoyNMitra @DeyDebalina1 Economic Survey: 2016-17 by Govt of India & Migration Data released in 2018.

West Bengal is a NET labor importing state.

From UP, Jharkhand & Orissa.

indiabudget.gov.in/budget2017-201… (Page 272)

@SujoyNMitra @DeyDebalina1 Software Engineers working in Bengal: 1.5 Lakh+

TCS alone employs 40K+, IBM & CTS -20K each

Wipro, Accenture, Capgemini, HCL, Tech Mahindra, British Telecom, Ericsson, PwC - Entire spectrum of software service companies are present & expanding

newindianexpress.com/business/2018/…

@SujoyNMitra @DeyDebalina1 To show Bengal's healthcare as "failing", article quotes @madhuparna_N 's month old COVID testing records when WB was given 10K faulty testing kits

Currently WB is conducting 10K tests daily, 9th highest in total tests & will be in top 5 soon

Check @ ShamikaRavi's daily updates

@SujoyNMitra @DeyDebalina1 @madhuparna_N Population:

Gujrat: 6.3 Crore
Bengal: 9.2 crore (46 % More)

Hospital Beds:

Gujrat: 32,280
Bengal: 78,566 (250 % more & Highest in India)

Number of Hospitals:

Gujrat: 486
Bengal: 1566 (320% more)

National Health Profile (2018) Link: cbhidghs.nic.in/WriteReadData/… (Page 24)

@SujoyNMitra @DeyDebalina1 @madhuparna_N Its NOT about Tagore & Ray. Every Few Decades, Bengalis have won Global Recognition (Amartya & Abhijit are 2 examples of Nobel laureates in last 30 years)

Amartya's Pratichi Trust's Reports are taken as Input in highest level of GoI. Abhijit has just started working with GoWB

@SujoyNMitra @DeyDebalina1 @madhuparna_N Big businesses that started from Bengal in last 3-4 decades are Sree Leathers, IFB & Bandhan Bank

Chandrasekhar Ghosh's Bandhan Bank is 1 of the 2 banks to have given banking license by RBI in last 15 years

Made a profit of 4000 crores last year

economictimes.indiatimes.com/bandhan-bank-l…

@SujoyNMitra @DeyDebalina1 @madhuparna_N Since @ShoaibDaniyal did not mention about present WB data in countering @DeyDebalina1, thought I would mention a few.

Many more could have been shared. Got tired to even counter these deracinated authors writing fiction.

@sarkar_swati, @gargac you may like to take a look

@SujoyNMitra @DeyDebalina1 @madhuparna_N @ShoaibDaniyal @sarkar_swati @GargaC I dont expect CPM supporters to counter

But at least any sane WB loving person should always point out the baselessness of these type of fictions

@NilanjanDas_ @Jayantasengoptu @ShubhamGangulee @ReporterTintinB @Jamie_Venom @JoyBangla1984 @IamSourav_b @aagan86