PM Modi takes on Mamata government: 'Bengal suffering due to TMC misrule,' says PM; to address state BJP meet on July 18

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday took on the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal, saying that the state was "suffering due to the misrule of Trinamool." He further informed that he would be addressing a party meet in Durgapur on July 18."West Bengal is suffering due to the misrule of Trinamool. People are looking towards the BJP with great hope, and they are certain that only the BJP can bring about development. Tomorrow, 18th July, I will speak at a @BJP4Bengal public meeting in Durgapur. Join us!" he said in a post on X.This comes a day after West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee launched a sharp attack against the BJP-led Centre at a protest rally in Kolkata and accusing the party of targeting and harassing Bengali-speaking people across BJP-ruled states.“I am ashamed and disheartened at the Centre and the BJP's attitude towards Bengalis,” Banerjee said.“I will challenge the central government notices which were surreptitiously sent to BJP-ruled states to harass Bengali-speaking people and detain them at the slightest suspicion,” she added.Countering the BJP’s alleged narrative on illegal immigration, Banerjee said, “I challenge you to prove that Bengali-speaking migrants are Rohingya Muslims.”