Summary:
Ms Banerjee alleged that the BJP president was trying to “intimidate” the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC), while Mr Shah argued that Bengal has “failed” to grow over the years. “They (BJP) are afraid of TMC and are trying to intimidate us. In an apparent reference to BJP president's visit to a slum in her constituency in Kolkata, Ms Banerjee said: “They come from Delhi and spread lies. We will capture Delhi,” Ms Banerjee said at a public meeting in Siliguri in north Bengal. Earlier, the BJP chief visited three houses at Gouranganagar, on the outskirts of the city, as part of a mass contact programme aimed at expanding the saffron party's base in the State..