South 24 Parganas, March 2 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday accused the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal of engaging in appeasement politics, corruption, and financial mismanagement while questioning the allocations of funds in the recently approved state budget.

Addressing a gathering at the 'Parivartan Yatra Sabha' in Mathurapur, he claimed that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government was "only concerned about Madrasas", which cannot develop West Bengal.

"Just now, the budget of Bengal has been approved in the Vidhan Sabha. Mamata didi allocated Rs 80 crore for Science and technology, through which research and development takes place...for Madrasas, she has allotted Rs 5,700 crore. I have come to ask the TMC today,...