PM Modi vs Mamata Banerjee Over Assault On BJP Leaders In Bengal
A political confrontation erupted on Monday between the Centre and the state government after two BJP leaders were assaulted in landslide-hit north Bengal, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi slamming the Trinamool Congress (TMC) over law and order, and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accusing him of "politicising a natural disaster".
A day after torrential rains triggered landslides and floods that left 30 people dead and several missing across north Bengal, BJP MP Khagen Murmu and Siliguri MLA Sankar Ghosh were attacked by a mob in Jalpaiguri's Nagrakata while visiting relief sites, an incident that set off a political storm amid ongoing search and rescue operations.
