South 24 Parganas, April 28 -- Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw criticised the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal, alleging delays in granting permission for a Kolkata Metro project and describing the state government as "anti-development."

He also expressed confidence that a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government would be formed in West Bengal after the state elections.

Speaking to the reporters on Monday, Vaishnaw said, "...The TMC government is an anti-development government. Chingrighata in Kolkata is a place where we have been building a diversion for the Kolkata Metro for many years, but the TMC government has not given permission to work there."

"We approached the High Court and the Supreme Court; the courts said the m...