Lucknow, May 7 -- Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday strongly condemned the killing of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's personal assistant Chandranath Rath and asserted that the "criminals will not get away," while launching a sharp attack on the Trinamool Congress.

Speaking with the media in Lucknow, the Union Minister alleged that the Trinamool Congress (TMC), "rattled by its crushing defeat," had resorted to violence in West Bengal. He further said that the incident reflects a deteriorating law and order situation in the state.

"The TMC and Mamata Banerjee have been rattled by their crushing defeat. In a democracy, there is no place for violence; yet, the TMC has resorted to it. Matters have now reached an extreme point, a...