Tensions escalated on Monday between the Centre and the West Bengal government after two BJP leaders were assaulted in landslide-hit north Bengal. Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticised the ruling TMC over law and order failures, while Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused him of politicising a natural disaster. The confrontation followed torrential rains that triggered landslides and floods across north Bengal, leaving at least 30 people dead and several missing.
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BJP MP Khagen Murmu and Siliguri MLA Sankar Ghosh
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