Kolkata, Oct. 22 -- With the rival BJP and Trinamool Congress politicians using festive occasions to exchange political barbs, former Tripura Chief Minister and MP Biplab Deb on Tuesday likened Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to a "demon" that would be dethroned by the people of her State.

Deb, who is also the BJP's election co-in-charge of Bengal, said so after offering his prayers at a Kali temple in Tripura. Usually coinciding with Dipawali, the Kali Puja is largely celebrated in Bengal and Tripura.

Goddess Kali is credited with annihilating Sumbha and Nisumbha, the two demons who The BJP leader said that the Bengal Chief Minister had lost her right to rule the State as she had changed her behaviour from that of a human being t...