Without mentioning Rahul Gandhi by name, he also claimed that the Congress will get fewer seats than the age of its 'shehzada' Lok Sabha polls across the country

While addressing an election rally at Barrackpore in North 24 Parganas district, Modi alleged that under the TMC rule, Hindus have turned into second-class citizens in the state and asserted that "as long as Modi is there, no one can repeal the CAA law"

"All of us have seen what the TMC has done with the sisters and mothers of Sandeshkhali. The TMC goons are now threatening the women in Sandeshkhali as the name of the main culprit is Shajahan Sheikh. TMC is doing everything to protect the culprits of Sandeshkhali," he said

His remarks come in the backdrop of multiple purported videos surfacing on social media, which claimed that a local BJP party leader made several women of Sandeshkhali sign on blank papers which were later filled up as complaints of sexual assault against TMC leaders

Claiming that under the TMC regime, Bengal has turned into a centre of corruption and a "cottage industry of bomb-making", Modi said the state's ruling dispensation has surrendered before the vote bank politics

"The TMC has surrendered before vote bank politics in Bengal, where you cannot take the name of Shri Ram and neither can celebrate Ram Navami. The Hindus have been turned into second-class citizens in Bengal under the TMC rule," he said

Later in another rally in Hooghly, "This time the Congress would get fewer seats than the age of its Shehzada (Rahul Gandhi)"

Last week, the Prime Minister had said that in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the Congress's tally will be at an "all-time low"

"The TMC also cannot form the government; it can't do anything in opposition even. The Congress and the Left too can't form the government. Only the BJP-led NDA can provide you with a stable and strong government," he said