India, Sept. 1 -- West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused the Union government of "misusing" the Indian Army for "political vendetta" after the army dismantled a stage erected by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on its land in central Kolkata's Maidan area to protest alleged atrocities on Bengali-speaking migrant workers in Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states.

"This is unethical, unconstitutional, undemocratic and a misuse of power by the BJP. I do not blame the army. We are proud of the army. It is not the army but the BJP and the Union government who are behind this. They are misusing the army for their political vendetta," Banerjee, who visited the spot, told reporters.

The CM said the army should have consulted the ...