NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday accused Union home minister Amit Shah of behaving like an “acting Prime Minister” and requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to not "trust him always". Banerjee compared Shah to Mir Zafar, the 18th-century military general who betrayed Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah in the Battle of Plassey. “Shah may one day become his (PM Modi's) Mir Zafar. Whatever the Election Commission is doing in the name of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is at Shah’s behest,” she said, as quoted by PTI. "We can request the Prime Minister not to trust Amit Shah always. One day, he will turn out to be your biggest Mir Zafar. Be alert while you have the time because morning shows the day," she said. Mamata’s remarks come a

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