Kolkata, Nov. 4 -- Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar on Tuesday accused the Trinamool Congress of diverting attention from key issues in West Bengal, stating that the real concerns are unemployment and crimes against women.

Speaking to ANI, Majumdar said, "They are trying to create an issue of the SIR. The real issue of Bengal is unemployment... Women are getting raped... They are trying to suppress these issues."

A day earlier, Trinamool Congress national general secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee said that the party will take the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) fight to Delhi if even a single eligible voter is removed from Bengal's rolls, accusing the BJP and the Election Commission of India of acting in tandem to deprive the state of ...