Purulia, April 19 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday doubled down on the "TMC syndicate" during his second rally of the day in Purulia in the poll-bound West Bengal, coming down heavily on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-run State government alleging that development in tribal areas has stalled and that land of the adivasis has been seized by syndicates.

Targeting the ruling Trinamool Congress of accepting "cut-money" (commission) and criticising it for lack of employment, lack of industries in the State, the PM expressed confidence that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will form the government with a "huge majority".

In Purulia, a major tribal-dominated district in the State, the PM said that the agricultural infrastructure in We...