Kolkata, March 14 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched a strong attack on the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC), accusing the party of obstructing development and preventing the implementation of central government schemes in Kolkata, West Bengal.

Addressing a rally in Kolkata, Modi alleged that the TMC government functions with the sole agenda of blocking progress. He claimed that the party neither works itself nor allows others to work, and that government schemes fail to reach villages and the poor unless party members receive a "cut" from the funds.

"The TMC government has only one agenda. These TMC people neither work themselves nor let others work. Until they get their cut of the money, they don't let any scheme r...