India, April 6 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched an all-out attack on the West Bengal government over the law and order situation in the state, referring to the mob siege of judicial officers in Malda to accuse the Trinamool Congress (TMC) of failing to uphold constitutional governance.

Addressing a rally in Cooch Behar, his first in the state since the announcement of the elections, Modi hit out at the Mamata Banerjee-led government for using the term "ishtehar" for its manifesto, accused it of sheltering infiltrators, and criticised what he described as its "appeasement politics", which he said was threatening the state's identity.

"The merciless TMC government is strangling the Constitution and destroying law and o...