Mamata-Modi shadow fights to fool people: Surya Kanta Mishra

KOLKATA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee are engaged in shadow-fighting to fool people, according to state Opposition leader Surya Kanta Mishra.

"Whom are they trying to fool? People have already understood that the so-called fight between Mamata Banerjee and Narendra Modi are shadow fights to fool the masses. Their policy is that they will have a friendship in New Delhi and stage a fight in Bengal," Mishra said.

Mishra also lashed out at the policies of the Centre and the state government, terming them anti-people.

"The policies of both governments are anti-people, anti-worker and anti-farmer. They don't believe in democratic rights and that is why they are against strikes," Mishra alleged.

He also accused the state government of trying to save miscreants who are trying to organise communal violence in the state.

"The state government is trying to save those who are trying to spread communal violence. They are trying to create a wedge between two communities in the state for vote bank politics," Mishra alleged.