New Delhi, Feb. 25 -- A war of words broke out between West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress and the principal opposition Bharatiya Janata Party over the death of a woman, who died after her car overturned while it was allegedly being chased by a group of men in another car in the Paschim Bardhaman district on Monday.

In a post on X, Union minister and BJP MP Sukanta Majumdar, who heads the saffron party's West Bengal unit, accused chief minister Mamata Banerjee, the Trinamool supremo, of making the state a "living hell" for its women.

"Every day, horrific crimes against women are reported, yet the government remains silent, shielding criminals instead of delivering justice! Mamata Banerjee came to power claiming to protect 'Maa, Mati...