The Trinamool Congress on Monday contested the BJP's claim that permission was denied for the landing of its president Amit Shah's helicopter in Malda, saying it was "peddling lies" after the "huge success" of the Opposition rally in West Bengal.
Hitting out at the West Bengal government, Union Minister Piyush Goyal had claimed that it "is trying to block every programme of Amit Shah be it a rally, yatra or the landing of his chopper". It showed that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was "scared" of his party's growing influence in the state, he said.
However, TMC leader Derek O'Brien said that the allegations were "hilarious".
In a series of tweets, the Trinamool MP said that he had asked his interns to run a "fact check" on Goyal's statements.
"Just asked two interns to run a #FactCheck on the Rail Mantri's press conference on #Bangla Hilarious!
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