Fact-Check of Amit Shah’s speech at Raiganj


WHAT AMIT SHAH SAID

Dinajpur is famous for Tulaipanji across the world, but now this industry has stopped

TRUTH

Tulaipanji was cultivated on 6,700 hectares in 2017-18, compared to 4,600 hectares in 2015-16, growth of 45% in 3 years. Production of Tulaipanji gone up from 10,120 million tonnes in 2015-16 to 14,740 million tonnes in 2017-18 in the district

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WHAT AMIT SHAH SAID

Trinamool leaders ate up chit fund money

TRUTH

Chit fund scam happened during Left Front regime. Trinamool Govt proactively curbed chit funds and even arrested the prime accused from Kashmir

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WHAT AMIT SHAH SAID

4.24 lakh crore given in five years by Centre to Bengal, but nothing has been done in Bengal

TRUTH

3,45, 577 crore debt left by Left Front Govt, Bengal has to pay back, no support from Centre. We paid Rs 47,000 crore in 2018-19 alone. All development work being done by State’s own money

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