Berth allocation shows Bengal least important for BJP: Trinamool Congress

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Monday lashed out at the Narendra Modi government over the allocation of only two minister of state positions to BJP MPs from West Bengal, stating that it showed that the eastern state was of least importance for the saffron party.

BJP's Balurghat MP and the party's state president Sukanta Majumdar and Bangaon MP Shantanu Thakur have been inducted into the Union Council of Ministers as ministers of state.

"The induction of only two BJP MPs from West Bengal into the Union ministry, despite 12 of them emerging victorious, shows the party's apathy towards the state," Trinamool spokesperson Santanu Sen said.