Kolkata, June 18 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kalyan Banerjee on Thursday criticised the West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari after Mamata Banerjee's Personal Security Officer was taken away, calling it a "vindictive attitude" of the Chief Minister.

Speaking to ANI, Banerjee said that it is unfortunate that the PSO of the TMC chief was taken away, as they had been with her for the past 20 years.

"It is very unfortunate that the PSO of Mamata Banerjee who was there for 20 years, has been taken away. I have been told that the new PSOs were given who she did not accept. This is purely an autocracy. PSO is a matter of confidence; if I don't have any confidence in any PSO, I may say that I don't have. This is a very vindictive attit...