Congress today blamed a section of Trinamool Congress leadership for conniving with potato traders and big hoarders to hike the price of the essential vegetable.
"A section of Trinamool Congress leaders have formed a nexus with potato traders and big hoarders to increase the price of potato in the market," West Bengal Pradesh Congress President Pradip Bhattacharya said in a press meet here.
He also slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the government's decision to stop sending potato from the state.
"It is a misstep which would lead to the increase of the price of other vegetables in West Bengal which are brought from other states as they would also stop sending of other vegetables if potatoes are not sent from West Bengal," he said.
"These factors have led to this artificial increase of the price of potato. Besides, the state government has formed a task force but it is not working properly to control the prices," Bhattacharya said.
According to him, state government could have eased the matter by raiding various cold storages.
"The situation could have been eased by raiding various cold storages which have horded large quantities of potatoes to create artificial crisis," he said.
