"I am against the killing of elephants. There should be a proper policy to tackle the problem. Elephants are entering from Nepal and Dalma region, but there are certain people or environmentalists who only raise hue and cry," Banerjee said in a programme.
Banerjee during the last administrative meeting in Jhargram had said a number of measures had been taken recently to curb depredation by elephants in the state.
"There are certain lobbies who use certain environmentalists. All of a sudden they lodge a case against brick kilns. These brick kilns get closed and lakhs of people lost their jobs. Who will look after their families? Will the environmentalist look after them," Banerjee said.