New Delhi, Feb. 5 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed Trinamool Congress (TMC), criticising the party's governance and priorities in West Bengal.

Taking part in reply to the Motion of Thanks to the President's address in Rajya Sabha, the Prime Minister said that the TMC is setting new benchmarks in mismanagement and decline.

"Colleagues from TMC said a lot of things. But they should look within themselves. A cruel government is making new records across in all parameters of downfall. But they are lecturing us here... The future of the people there is plunging into darkness, but they (State Govt) do not care. They have no aspirations beyond power. They are lecturing here," the Prime Minister said.

He also drew a sharp contrast betwe...