Modi’s charges ‘half-truths’, says Mamata

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee countered PM Narendra Modi’s charges against her government of blocking a central scheme for farmers owing to its political agenda and denying funds to over 70 lakh farmers in the state under the PM-Kisan scheme, calling them “halftruths and distorted facts” and also questioned the Centre’s motive in disbursing cash benefits to farmers bypassing the state in poll-bound Bengal.