It also earns suspension for doctors, as Arunachal Dutta Choudhury, an employee of the West Bengal Health Service found to his horror. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has maintained that the number of dengue deaths in Bengal is far fewer than other states in the country. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee holds the health portfolio. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee later alleged that the spoof, in which she and former railway minister (and Trinamool Congress heavyweight) Mukul were seen, conveyed a message that they would be killed. Read: Dengue spikes in Punjab with 652 cases in two daysOn October 30, Mamata Banerjee claimed only 13 persons have died of dengue in Bengal.

Source: Hindustan Times November 11, 2017 06:33 UTC