“[O]n behalf of Dr. [Ashni] Singh . . .
DO WHAT THE CHINESE ARE DOING YOU BUSINESSMEN! When China Invests, China takes Chinese. China takes Chinese to farm whether in Africa or in Suriname . . . I went there and I was appalled last year - I go to vacation in Suriname. Suriname is a small country, 400,000, but there is already 10% Chinese - over 40,000 Chinese. They are not only taking over the businesses, the small businesses, they are taking over the country. CHINA IS THINKING STRATEGICALLY.
. . . I challenge you, the businessmen from India . . . [you can] take these farmers, for example, from Punjab that I have heard about - that the land is running out; the water level has dropped; you can’t have that. Guyana will welcome them! The Chinese are getting immigrant visas for their people; they are coming into Guyana already. I am talking of hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland that you can cultivate. The DY Patel Group is the 1st Indian Company that has gone in. I think they have gone to 68,000 hectares of land . . .
I am part of a group that not only owns media [but] is in pharmaceuticals [readBobby Ramroop/Jagdeo], and we can maybe partner . . .”
- Ravi Dev, November 22, 2014
World Hindu Economic Forum