Industrialisation Stagnation: West Bengal's Economic Crossroads

The BJP accuses the Trinamool Congress of causing deindustrialisation in West Bengal. The state BJP released a booklet blaming the state's poor industrial prospects on large businesses leaving. Opposition leaders criticise past business summits and advocate for reindustrialisation through large-scale industry investment to revive the economy.

The BJP has accused the Trinamool Congress of overseeing a decline in industrialisation in West Bengal. The allegations come alongside the release of a report titled 'West Bengal: Industrialisation graveyard,' highlighting a crucial need for substantial industrial investments to create jobs.

BJP state president Samik Bhattacharya criticised the exodus of large companies from West Bengal, attributing it to negative signals sent by incidents in Singur and Nandigram. According to Bhattacharya, reindustrialisation requires establishing large industries with local landowners sharing ownership in new enterprises.

Meanwhile, Opposition Leader Suvendu Adhikari denounced the Bengal Global Business Summits as ineffective, claiming such events failed to yield significant investments. He emphasized that only federal initiatives have invested in West Bengal's infrastructure and stressed the urgency for large industrial development to address soaring state debt.