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West Bengal Governor counters Mamata on farmers' suicide by Priyanka Gupta


West Bengal Governor MK Naryanan has refuted Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's claim that no farmers have committed suicides. He said the matter needs to be addressed urgently.

"There is no denying the fact that farmers have committed suicide and that they are in debt. We need to do something about it," Narayanan said.
 
He was outspoken on the issue of crib deaths too, calling them a matter of great concern. "Baby deaths is a concern, everyone is concerned. Steps need to be taken but things won't happen overnight."

Earlier, Mamata Banerjee had denied reports about farmers' suicide in the state.

"Twelve persons died due to some disease and they were not connected to farming, while reports said that some others took heavy loans from banks for personal purposes," Banerjee said.

Challenging the CPI(M) for spreading canards against her government, the chief minister claimed that 199 farmers had been killed by the Left Front while it was in power.

"You should be ashamed of the atrocities committed during your rule on the farmers. You killed farmers, looted them, snatched their produce and drove them out of their fields. We have not forgotten the atrocities on them," she alleged.

"To safeguard the farmers' interests, I went on a 26-day fasting in the city in 2006, while farmland was being forcibly acquired. I know farmers' agony," Banerjee said.

She said her government during the seven-month rule introduced Kisan Card and the farmers' insurance scheme and denied the CPI(M)'s charge that she had kept quiet while the fertiliser price was decontrolled.