Kolkata, March 14 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday targeted the ruling Trinamool Congress government while addressing a rally in Kolkata and also inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of development projects worth Rs 18,700 crore.

Meanwhile, ahead of the Prime Minister's rally, clashes broke out between workers of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Trinamool Congress in the Girish Park area of Kolkata, involving alleged stone-pelting, with both sides accusing each other of violence.

Addressing a public meeting at Brigade Parade Ground, the Prime Minister criticised the West Bengal government and accused it of indulging in appeasement politics.

While speaking at the rally, PM Modi said the Trinamool Congress had come to p...