Shah, Mamata trade barbs

AMIT SHAH AND MAMATA BANERJEE TRADED SHARP ACCUSATIONS IN BENGAL, CLASHING OVER CORRUPTION & INFILTRATION

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Setting the tone for the high-stakes West Bengal Assembly polls, Union Home Minister Amit Shah Tuesday launched a broadside against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, accusing her government of “dangerously altering” the state’s demography by abetting the infiltration of Bangladeshis for electoral gains and indulging in widespread corruption.

Shah’s remarks evoked a sharp response from Banerjee, who cited the Pahalgam attack and terror blast in the national capital to question the Centre's handling of national security.

“Does infiltration happen only in Bengal? Does it not happen in Kashmir? An incident took place in Delhi some days ago. Are infiltrators present nowhere except Bengal? So, was it you who did it?” she said, and demanded Shah's resignation as the country’s Home Minister.