Siliguri, Aug. 21 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday laid the foundation stone of various projects of the Sashastra Seema Bal at the SSB Frontier Headquarters in Siliguri and took a swipe at the former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress over the delay in allotment of land to border forces.

Addressing the gathering, Shah said the Centre had repeatedly requested the previous state government for land for the BSF.

"We had tirelessly appealed to Mamata Banerjee to allot land to BSF, but she did not do so until she left. I had even visited her office once and explained to her that this land was meant for BSF and not BJP," he said.

Shah then credited Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari for the quick action on infiltrat...