Accusing the Narendra Modi government of using central agencies like the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate to silence opposition voices, she said with the Lok Sabha polls still close to two years away, opposition leaders would not speak "so soon".

Virtually bulldozing all opposition, West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress on Thursday, swept all the seven civic bodies where polling was held on Sunday. The BJP emerged as the main but distant opposition by displacing the Left Front.

Addressing the annual Martyr's Day Trinamool Congress rally, Banerjee, also the Trinamool supremo, spent almost the entire speech attacking the BJP, concluding by leading a chorus of party leaders and supporters shouting the slogan "BJP, Bharat chorho" (BJP, Quit India).

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday congratulated India women's team captain Mithali Raj on becoming the leading run-getter in One-day Internationals (ODI), going past England player Charlotte Edwards record of 5992 ODI runs.

Sporadic incidents of violence and funeral rallies by pro-Gorkhaland protesters marked the 25th day of the GJM-sponsored indefinite shutdown in the north West Bengal hills on Sunday after a fresh flare-up following the death of three activists allegedly in police firing.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday indicated she was open to holding discussions with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on the Darjeeling situation, even as she blamed "foreign forces" close to the BJP for playing a part in the flare-up in the hills.

Using unusually strong language, Banerjee said the Governor spoke a functionary of the Bharatiya Janata Party, and not like the state's constitutional head.

Backing Banerjee, senior state minister Subrata Mukherjee reprimanded Tripathi for "adopting a tone of hatred" during his telephonic talk with Banerjee, and virtually challenged the governor to "do what he can".

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday squarely blamed the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) for unleashing violence in northern West Bengal hills where protests and arson took center stage, as GJM activists, including the women's wing, clashed with the police, ratcheting up their demand for a separate Gorkhaland state.

The battle between the Mamata Banerjee dispensation and the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) in the picturesque Darjeeling hills may not have an end in sight yet, but humanity, under the hashtag 'Darjeeling Spirit' did put up a strong fight and won amid all the ugliness.