Kolkata, April 25 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accused Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairperson Mamata Banerjee of paving the way for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal, where Assembly elections are underway.

Addressing an election rally in Hooghly district, Gandhi said, "Mamata ji is paving the way for the BJP in Bengal. This is the truth. If Mamata ji had worked properly, if she had worked for Bengal, had not encouraged corruption and had taken action in cases such as the rape and murder in RG Kar Hospital, there wouldn't have been any threat from the BJP."

The Congress has decided to fight alone in these Assembly elections and has fielded candidates in all 294 seats. The party's vote share dropped from 9.1% in 2011 to 3.1...