Siliguri, April 12 -- Alleging that West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress was "reluctant" to act decisively on national security issues because of its "appeasement politics", Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused the party of backing "reactionary anti-India forces" conspiring to cut off the strategically important Siliguri Corridor.
Highlighting the strategic importance of the Siliguri Corridor while addressing an election rally at Kawakhali Ground, Modi said: "It is a sensitive part of Maa Bharati. Some reactionary anti-India forces are conspiring to cut off this corridor and isolate the Northeast from the rest of the country. However, due to its appeasement politics, the TMC is indifferent to this threat and is even supporting...