Kolkata, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday alleged that "fiscal mismanagement" by previous dispensations turned West Bengal "practically bankrupt", and said the state would need at least a year to get out of financial distress.
Interacting with reporters at the state secretariat Nabanna after disbursing enhanced old-age pensions to beneficiaries, he said that with a BJP government in place now, the state has joined all Central schemes.