West Bengal Elections | Watch Live: PM Modi addressing election rally in Asansol

PM Narendra Modi is addressing a election rally in Asansol. It is a BJP stronghold and the party will like to reap harvest of Modi's presence in the ensuing elections. Bengal will be voting in 7 phases and the second phase will be on 11th April. The results will be declared on May 19.

Earlier, mounting a frontal attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said she had boycotted meetings called by the Centre to discuss the issue of states' development and had failed to bring in any transformation despite her call for "paribartan" (change).

"What kind of chief minister is she ? Whenever the Centre called a meeting to discuss development of states, Didi boycotted it. Even if it hurt her state.

"She (Banerjee) did not attend those meetings only because Modi convened it. But whenever she visited Delhi, she met Sonia Gandhi and took her blessings", Modi told an election rally.

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Modi, who campaigned in north Bengal, said, "She gave the call for Paribartan and misled the people. She talked about Ma-Mati-Manush, but there is only Maut (death) and money. The Narada sting operation has shown it".

Modi slammed Banerjee also on the recent collapse of a Kolkata flyover saying instead of beginning immediate relief work and saving the people, she had started the blamegame.

"The first thing she said was to put the blame on the Left for giving the contract of the flyover. But if the flyover was completed, would she have congratulated the Left? (In such an event) She would have taken the credit for the flyover,", he said.