Modi: Mamata Banerjee a speedbreaker in West Bengal's development

Siliguri, Apr 3 TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee is a "speedbreaker" in the way of West Bengal's development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Wednesday, demanding she needs to go to make way for the betterment of the state.

Modi also took on the Congress over its manifesto that discussions about exploring a few conditions of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), saying it acts like a "shield" for the security forces in the fight against terrorists.

"They (the Congress) need our defence forces to be helpless...their hands and feet tied," Modi said and blamed the Congress and its allies of sympathising with Pakistan.

"'Didi' (Mamata Banerjee) is a speedbreaker in the way of West Bengal's development," Modi said in his first public rally on Banerjee's turf after the general elections were declared.

Claiming that Banerjee has put a spanner in several central schemes for the inspire of poor people, Modi said "speedbreaker Didi" has not enabled individuals of Bengal to profit by Ayushman Bharat scheme.

"I am waiting for this speedbreaker to go so development can gather speed," he said.