Kharagpur, May 30 -- West Bengal Minister Dilip Ghosh on Saturday took an indirect swipe at the previous Trinamool Congress (TMC) government, alleging that a lack of coordination and widespread irregularities marked its tenure, while asserting that the newly formed administration had cleared the way for the long-pending Census exercise in the state.

Speaking to reporters here, Ghosh claimed that governance under the previous dispensation was riddled with scams and administrative failures, which, he alleged, delayed key national exercises such as the Census.

"When a party lacks coordination, fraud happens. There must have been countless scams and illegal acts. Leaders, ministers, and officials were all fraudulent, yet the government ran ...