{"id":74033,"date":"2020-08-28T17:24:59","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T11:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=74033"},"modified":"2020-08-28T17:24:59","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T11:54:59","slug":"bjp-shares-old-imf-data-to-make-misleading-claim-about-indian-gdp-growth-projection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/bjp-shares-old-imf-data-to-make-misleading-claim-about-indian-gdp-growth-projection\/","title":{"rendered":"BJP shares old IMF data to make misleading claim about Indian GDP growth projection"},"content":{"rendered":"

On August 22, the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) tweeted<\/a> an infographic listing the projected Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth percentages in 2020 of nine countries\u2014India, China, United States, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, United Kingdom and Canada. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is cited as the source of the data. “While the world continues to grapple with economic bloodbath with major economies projected to register negative growth in the aftermath of <\/span>#COVID<\/span> pandemic, India will be a shining spot with positive growth in 2020. It will also retain its status of the fastest growing economy,” read the BJP’s tweet. This was retweeted over 2,500 times.
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While the world continues to grapple with economic bloodbath with major economies projected to register negative growth in the aftermath of #COVID<\/a> pandemic, India will be a shining spot with positive growth in 2020. It will also retain its status of the fastest growing economy. pic.twitter.com\/lELEbZaDl3<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 BJP (@BJP4India) August 22, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This infographic was also shared by BJP Nagaland<\/a>, BJP Delhi<\/a> and BJP Odisha<\/a>.<\/p>\n