Fact-Check of Amit Shah’s speech in Bengal

WHAT AMIT SHAH SAID

Permission for Durga Puja, Saraswati Puja not being given

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Over 30,000 Durga Pujas are held in Bengal, thousands of Saraswati Pujas celebrated in Bengal schools and colleges, apart from households. Last year, Mamata Banerjee announced financial grant of Rs 10,000 for the 28,000 clubs but the BJP went to court against this decision. The IT department also sent notices to 40 Durga Puja organisers

Source: The Hindu
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WHAT AMIT SHAH SAID

Mamata Didi not allowing poor people access to Ayushman Bharat because she thinks this will increase Modi’s popularity

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Bengal has a better health insurance scheme Swasthya Sathi with cover upto Rs 5 lakh. The card is in the name of the woman in the family, and her parents are also covered. Also free treatment for all in Govt hospitals is provided

Source: Millennium Post
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WHAT AMIT SHAH SAID

We will bring Citizenship Amendment Bill. Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, Jain, Christian refugees will be given Indian citizenship

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Under Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, before a person gets citizenship, they will actually be declared a foreigner for six years

Source: ANI News
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WHAT AMIT SHAH SAID

Matua community has been demanding dignity for long. Modi Sarkar will give you that dignity

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Matua Sangha Vikash Parshad (welfare board) has been created. New Harichand Thakur and Guruchand Thakur University for Matua community coming up in North 24 Pargana. BJP wants to bring NRC in Bengal which could lead to five million Matuas losing their citizenship. All India Matua Mahasangha has demonstrated against NRC

Source: The Statesman, Hindustan Times
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WHAT AMIT SHAH SAID

Mamata Didi’s government supports infiltrators

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Infiltration is checked by the Border Security Force, a Union Government agency under the administrative control of Ministry of Home Affairs. In fact, Mamata Banerjee has, in consultation with the Home Minister, agreed to acquire 300 acres of land in the state and give it to the Centre for constructing barbed wire fencing along the India-Bangladesh border

Source: Border Security Force, NDTV
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WHAT AMIT SHAH SAID

No fresh investment has come to Bengal. No new industries have been set up

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From 2015-2019, total investments estimations in Bengal Global Business Summits were Rs. 9.47 lakh crore. Industry sector of Bengal grew at 11.41% compared to India’s 4.4%. In GVA of employment-intensive industries Bengal 1 of only 5 states to clock growth higher than the national average

Source: Business Standard, FICCI
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WHAT AMIT SHAH SAID

Chit fund scam happened in Bengal and poor people were looted

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Chit funds flourished during Left Front regime. Trinamool Govt proactively curbed chit funds and even arrested one prime accused from Kashmir

Source: Livemint
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WHAT AMIT SHAH SAID

We have provided gas cylinders for women in every house

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In 2015-16, households with LPG connections were using an average of 6.27 cylinders in a year. But after Ujjwala scheme was launched, the number of cylinders used on average had come down to 5.6. Number of LPG connections across India has increased but people are not returning for a refill due to the high cost of cylinders and revert back to kerosene or firewood

Source: Business Standard
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WHAT AMIT SHAH SAID

We have provided electricity in every village and every home

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The government has failed to achieve its target of providing to every household, 1.05 million homes in four states still do not have electricity

Source: Economic Times
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WHAT AMIT SHAH SAID

BJP Govt in 5 years gave Bengal Rs 4.24 lakh crore

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Bengal has to pay back 3.45 lakh crore debt left by Left Front Government, no support from Centre. We paid Rs 47,000 crore in 2018-19 alone. All development work being done by State’s own money

Source: Millennium Post
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WHAT AMIT SHAH SAID

Mamata Didi’s gundas are attacking their opponents, not allowing democracy

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Three Trinamool workers were injured in Domkal after a crude bomb was hurled at them in the third phase of elections. In the fourth phase, BJP workers attacked and mercilessly beat up Trinamool supporters in Birbhum. In BJP ruled Tripura, Election Commission probe confirmed large scale “booth capturing”

Source: NDTV, Ei Samay
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