Siliguri/New Delhi: A political confrontation erupted on Monday between the Centre and the state government after two BJP leaders were assaulted in landslide-hit north Bengal, with PM Narendra Modi slamming the TMC over law and order, and CM Mamata Banerjee accusing him of "politicising a natural disaster".

A day after torrential rains triggered landslides and floods that left 30 people dead and several missing across north Bengal, BJP MP Khagen Murmu and Siliguri MLA Sankar Ghosh were attacked by a mob in Jalpaiguri's Nagrakata while visiting relief sites, an incident that set off a political storm amid ongoing search and rescue operations.

Modi targeted the ruling party for the attack and said he wished the state government and the TMC were more focused on helping people rather than in

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