Siliguri Oct 7 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Union Minister Kiren Rijiju are set to visit landslide-hit areas of Darjeeling hills on Tuesday to assess the damage, even as the rain-battered areas are slowly returning to normalcy.

The twin visits, coming within 24 hours of Prime Minister Narendra Modi slamming the Trinamool Congress government over the attack on two BJP leaders in Jalpaiguri’s Nagrakata, have set the stage for a high-voltage face-off between the state and the Centre in politically sensitive north Bengal.

A day after torrential rains triggered landslides and flash 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 on Monday while vi

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