"Bengal Yearns For Peace And Development": PM Modi In Virtual Address

Addressing a virtual rally at Shaheed Minar ground from New Delhi, he said West Bengal needed peace for development.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday accused West Bengal's TMC government of partonising illegal immigration from Bangladesh and extortion syndicates but uncharacteristically avoided personally targeting Chief Minister Mamata Banarjee. Addressing a virtual rally at Shaheed Minar ground from New Delhi, he said West Bengal needed peace for development. "Illegal immigration, syndicates and extortion are big hurdles in the path of West Bengal's development," he said without naming Ms Banerjee, whom the BJP has often accused of patronising such activities. The prime minister's virtual meeting came a day after the Election Commission banned road shows, motorcycle rallies and padyatras for the remaining two phases of the state assembly election campaign and capped attendance at public rallies to just 500.