West Medinipur, April 10 -- Launching a frontal attack on the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) over governance and flood management in Bengal, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday asserted that the Bharatiya Janata Party, if voted to power, "would implement the long-pending Ghatal Master Plan within one year" and permanently resolve the flooding crisis in the region.

Addressing a public meeting in Debra constituency ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, Shah said that the TMC government had "trashed" the Centre under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's comprehensive master plan for recurring floods in Ghatal.

"Today, I also want to talk about the Ghatal floods here. After the Ghatal floods occurred, Prime Minister Modi sent a master...