Starvation death reports have Leftists on the mat
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15/06/2004
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Tribune (New Delhi)
Reports of starvation deaths in a West Bengal village are predictably raising a storm in Kolkata with opposition parties seeking to put the ruling Communists on the mat over their "failure" to care for the poor.The Trinamool Congress, fumbling for an issue to revive its political fortunes following a rout in last month's parliamentary poll, is preparing for a sustained agitation focussing on it.