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Feb 27, 2022

Watch: In UP, BJP Is Presenting a Distorted Picture of the Economy to Win Votes

In conversation with economist Santosh Mehrotra.
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Unemployment is increasing in the whole country and especially in Uttar Pradesh. But the prime minister and Uttar Pradesh chief minister present the figures with such half-truths, they make it seem like jobs are being distributed. And this fraud is being done for the purpose of getting votes.

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