"He is a very respected and honest leader but his allegations are wrong. If he felt that some partymen are involved in extorting money from people he should have informed the top leadership," he said.
Rabindranath Bhattacharya, who was shifted to the department of statistics and programme implementation from agriculture had expressed disgruntlement over the change.
He had also claimed that some partymen are involved in extorting money from people.
