Thread by @abishekbagchi

@IamSourav_b @SujoyNMitra @DeyDebalina1 @madhuparna_N @sarkar_swati @GargaC @ReporterTintinB @Jamie_Venom @JoyBangla1984 @Ram_Guha @vasudha_ET @nistula @shashangko @soumo2014 @RaahulGhosh @SirCaustic_Soda Disagree -@IamSourav_b .

Hαte mongers do not rely on Economic / Census or any data whatsoever. LW Bengali Hαters hide behind 2 arguments:

1. Pseudo-Secularism

2. Take my tweet in X/Y/Z context

Even if you tag them in 10 data loaded threads, they will NOT take a look

@IamSourav_b @SujoyNMitra @DeyDebalina1 @madhuparna_N @sarkar_swati @GargaC @ReporterTintinB @Jamie_Venom @JoyBangla1984 @Ram_Guha @vasudha_ET @nistula @shashangko @soumo2014 @RaahulGhosh @SirCaustic_Soda Lets look at connecting link of this hαte narratives and articles against Bengalis

@vasudha_ET, @nistula & the author of recent hαte article in Print @DeyDebalina1 are all Delhi Residents

@nistula finds supportive arguments for cultural imperialism in huffingtonpost.in/2016/08/26/dea…

@IamSourav_b @SujoyNMitra @DeyDebalina1 @madhuparna_N @sarkar_swati @GargaC @ReporterTintinB @Jamie_Venom @JoyBangla1984 @vasudha_ET @nistula @shashangko @soumo2014 @RaahulGhosh @SirCaustic_Soda This hαte article was written by Delhi resident Bengali @piyasreedg

Entire article is based on αccusing Bengalis speaking amongst themselves in mothertongue in front of "others"

Again NO data that other ethnicities do it less. All "personal experience"

huffingtonpost.in/2016/08/26/dea…

@IamSourav_b @SujoyNMitra @DeyDebalina1 @madhuparna_N @sarkar_swati @GargaC @ReporterTintinB @Jamie_Venom @JoyBangla1984 @vasudha_ET @nistula @shashangko @soumo2014 @RaahulGhosh @SirCaustic_Soda @piyasreedg In spite of of ideology differences, Delhites like @vasudha_ET, @nistula, @DeyDebalina1, @piyasreedg will never term massive Urdu / Hindi Funding of BJP govt as "linguistic / cultural imperialism"

Also no article will be written on exp of person not knowing Hindi, in Delhi

@IamSourav_b @SujoyNMitra @DeyDebalina1 @madhuparna_N @sarkar_swati @GargaC @ReporterTintinB @Jamie_Venom @JoyBangla1984 @vasudha_ET @nistula @shashangko @soumo2014 @RaahulGhosh @SirCaustic_Soda @piyasreedg "National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language" Budget

UPA-2: Rs 177 Crores
NDA-2: Rs 333 Cr (Almost Doubled)

To Add Thrust, Govt Plans to Take Help of Bollywood Stars

But this type of Govt funded imperialism is NOT "cultural imperialism / jingoism"

theprint.in/india/modi-gov…

@IamSourav_b @SujoyNMitra @DeyDebalina1 @madhuparna_N @sarkar_swati @GargaC @ReporterTintinB @Jamie_Venom @JoyBangla1984 @vasudha_ET @nistula @shashangko @soumo2014 @RaahulGhosh @SirCaustic_Soda @piyasreedg Among Indic Languages, Hindi Got Highest Allocation in Last 5 Years.

RTI Data

Budget for Hindi: 149.93 crore
Expenditure for Hindi: 107.88 crore

But Bengali hαters of Delhi will NOT feel this as "Cultural imperialism" or "jingoism"

@IamSourav_b @SujoyNMitra @DeyDebalina1 @madhuparna_N @sarkar_swati @GargaC @ReporterTintinB @Jamie_Venom @JoyBangla1984 @vasudha_ET @nistula @shashangko @soumo2014 @RaahulGhosh @SirCaustic_Soda @piyasreedg Hindu Bengalis have been k!lled in thousands, NOT once or Twice but 7-8 times post-47

NOT in Islamic Pakistan or Bangladesh but in Assam and Meghalaya. No other ethnicity had this fate

But @vasudha_ET feels Bengalis are non-accommodating. Amazing

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