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BHUBANESWAR: At a time when the state government is under opposition attack over farmer suicides, two of its senior cabinet colleagues — Surya Narayan Patro and Damodar Rout — engaged in a war of words over the plight of peasants on Thursday.It all started when Patro , who heads the food supplies and consumer welfare department, accused the field- level officials of the agriculture department headed by Rout, of not working properly.Briefing media persons here, Patro said he has reprimanded the agriculture department officials for not visiting fields to take stock of the crop damage due to unseasonal rain..