Kolkata, May 22 -- Declaring that the new government is determined to root out corruption in the food and cooperative sectors, West Bengal Food and Cooperation Minister Ashok Kirtaniya vowed to crack down on irregularities even at the cost of his own life.""I have hit a hornet's nest of corruption. Even if my life is at risk, I will stop corruption," the minister said while addressing a press conference at the New Secretariat building in Kolkata on Friday.
Launching a scathing attack on the previous Trinamool Congress regime over alleged ration and cooperative scams, Kirtaniya announced a series of major policy decisions and warned that strict action would be taken against those found involved in corruption.
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