"Modiji is trying to crush democracy in the country. He has brought down Congress governments in Arunachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand in the most arbitrary manner," he said at a joint election rally here with Left Front leaders.
Gandhi, who shared the stage with former CPI(M) MP Bangsogopal Chowdhury, said, "He (Modi) wants only one leader to be there in the country and that is himself."
Addressing Congress and Left Front workers on a sultry day on the campaign trail for the upcoming Assembly elections, Gandhi alleged that Banerjee was doing in Bengal the same thing that Modi was in the country.
"We want Bengal to have a government in which everyone has a voice," he told the rally which was attended by the candidates of both the Congress and Left Front who are contesting from the seats in the area.
Suggesting there was an apparent understanding between BJP and TMC, Gandhi said, "Modiji removed the Uttarakhand government citing a sting operation and corruption, but in Bengal, he looked the other way even after the Narada sting operation against TMC leaders."
Stating that Congress had played a big role in the 2011 Assembly polls in Bengal, Gandhi said, "All promises made by her (Banerjee) were broken. Mamataji forgot food security project which the UPA government had started. She also attempted to crush the Congress everywhere.
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