Murshidabad (West Bengal), May 29 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Sunday said it would have been much better if the arms seized from various parts of West Bengal after the assembly elections had been recovered earlier.

‘Illegal arms are being recovered. This only it proves how many illegal arms aree there in the state. It would been much better if these arms were recovered earlier,’ Mukherjee told reporters in Murshidabad district.

A large quantity of illegal arms and ammunitions has been recovered from various parts of Bengal in the last one week.