India, April 20 -- As PM Modi promises more sops to the State, CM Mamata warns of welfare rollback, misuse of agencies

As the battle heats up in the run-up to the State Assembly polls in West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee did not shy away from trading barbs. PM Modi addressed three massive rallies in the State and targeted Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Congress, claiming that both parties "colluded" to prevent from "ensuring more women enter legislative bodies."

In his Bankura rally, Modi accused the TMC of "betraying" women by preventing the passage of the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, in Parliament, and asserted that the women would punish the ruling party in West Bengal in the...