Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday criticised the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) government in West Bengal, accusing it of poor governance and urging voters to remove it from power in the forthcoming Assembly elections, reported the PTI.

Addressing a public meeting in Haldia—considered a stronghold of Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari— PM Modi claimed that while the country is progressing, the current state administration is holding Bengal back.