India, April 19 -- As the battle heats up in run up to state assembly polls in West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief minister Mamata Banerjee did not shy away from trading barbs.

Banerjee sought to attack the Prime Minister over his address to the nation on Saturday and said that it was "deeply unfortunate" that "chose to mislead the nation rather than address it honestly".

Modi, on the other hand, kept up with his offensive against Trinamool Congress, which is currently in power in West Bengal, and Congress, and claimed that both the parties "colluded" to prevent from "ensuring more women enter legislative bodies."

He was referring to Lok Sabha not passing the constitutional amendment bill that sought to expand the lower...