North 24 Parganas, April 26 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday criticised the Trinamool Congress over the handling of Argentine football superstar Lionel Messi's visit to Kolkata's Salt Lake Stadium last year.

He attributed the mismanagement of the event to what he described as the TMC's "Maha Jungle Raj" adding that the ruling party here has damaged the state's sports culture.

"The TMC syndicate has destroyed the sports ecosystem here. In Kolkata, just a few months ago, what happened, the pictures that reached all the football fans around the world, it was the result of the Maha Jungleraj. I assure players of Bengal that under the 'Khelo India' campaign, a new sports ecosystem will be created in Bengal," PM Modi said while assur...