Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee slams Amit Shah, asks him to apologise for Delhi violence

"Rather than coming and preaching #Bengal @AmitShah you should have explained and apologised for failing to save more than 50 innocent lives in #DelhiViolence right under your nose. Mr Shah, Bengal is better off without bigotry and hatred that BJP is trying to spread," Banerjee tweeted.

Amit Shah addressed a rally in Kolkata on Sunday.

Almost sounding the poll bugle for the 2021 assembly elections in the state, which is expected to witness a contest between the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said his party will turn West Bengal into "Sonar Bangla" in five years if voted to power.

Addressing a decent gathering at Shaheed Minar Maidan, which is situated in downtown Kolkata, Shah, who made his first Kolkata visit since the recent violence in Delhi, said, "The Sonar Bangla will not be formed under Mamata Di. Bring the BJP to power and in five years, we will make the dream come true."

Shah also targeted Abhishek Banerjee during the rally:

Without taking the name of Banerjee's nephew and TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee, Shah hit out at the dynasty politics and corruption.

"There will be no Shahzada (crown prince) in power in West Bengal. A hardworking person coming from grassroots will be the next Chief Minister," Shah said in a tone with which Prime Minister Modi used to attack Congress leader Rahul Gandhi ahead of 2014 General Elections.

"If BJP comes to power, no corrupt person, be it Shahzada or a local leader, will be spared. We know how to teach a lesson to people who create disturbances in people's lives," the BJP leader said.