I’ve just returned from the visit of the UK PM to India. And having been in the room – I have to tell you – I wonder whether most journalists and commentators just make things up before such visits, during them, or after them.
Every single negative comment I have read from journalists and also self-appointed community leaders has been a work of fiction and in some cases written in advance to grab a bit of PR.
What worries me is some of these liars interested in self-promotion of their self-importance are British Indians. Trying through their articles to panic and misinform the public about visas and trade only damages the UK with untruths.
What no wit, wag, journo, joker commentator will ever tell you the the £1 billion in deals from the PM’s visit. Just one example: Buffalo Grid uses solar energy to provide mobile power and internet services to off-grid communities. The company expects to export 500 solar-powered, internet-connected hubs to provide mobile power and internet to rural villages in India – connecting over 250,000 people living in some of India’s poorest villages. These hubs will be manufactured in the UK.
As the PM said, but you won’t read any British Indian commentators mentioning this: “India is now our second largest international job creator – last year, India created 7,105 new jobs in Britain through 140 projects.”
Congratulations to all the British and Indian companies involved and those making the deals to lift both nations, create jobs, sharing knowledge...now back to work, congrats over.
Or take what David Lelliott just said in Parliament this past week: “There is no cap on numbers of Indian students wishing to study in the UK.” As one person wrote on my Facebook page (Sahasrangshu Sinha)” I support PM May's immigration policies - those would bring quality rather than quantity into British universities. Many shady East London institutions may shut down which used to abuse the visa rule and facilitate immigration in the name of education.”
They won’t tell you “British PM timed her trip to India perfectly at the Tech Summit as Silicon Valley panics on expected harsh clampdown on Indians whereas UK PM at exactly the same time at the Tech Summit in Delhi says we want more Indian skilled migrants and entrepreneurs. Of course I wish UK India had an open border but I will take this.”
Or as I said on the stage after the PMs vacated it: “Britain welcomes entrepreneurs to go global from the UK. A message which resonates especially today. It is not just today the most powerful man in the world is an entrepreneur, but the most powerful people in the world will always be the entrepreneurs. 200 years ago India was the worlds largest economy. In 20 years it will be again. Its entrepreneurs shoulder the responsibility to make that happen and no Government in the world recognises that more than Britain and wants to work with India to make India even greater and to keep the Great in Great Britain.”
