Kolkata, March 15 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday accused the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal of turning Bengali Hindus into a "minority" in the state and opposing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise to ensure "infiltrators are not removed from the voters' list". Meanwhile, barely hours before Modi's rally, a clash broke out between TMC and BJP supporters near the venue, leaving at least eight police personnel injured. Police said four people have been arrested in connection with the matter. "Over the last few decades, the demography has changed in many areas of Bengal. Bengali Hindus are being turned into a minority. The TMC is opposed to giving citizenship to Hindus because for them their vote bank is paramount. They don't consider Hindus as their vote bank because they (Hindus) don't add up to their criminal gangs. The TMC opposed the SIR so that infiltrators are not removed from the voters' list. They are not even ready to delete the names of dead voters," Modi said while addressing a rally at Kolkata's Brigade Parade Grounds to mark culmination of the party's statewide 'Parivartan Yatra'. Continuing his attack on the Mamata Banerjee-led government, Modi said: "The TMC had come to power with its 'Ma (Mother), Mati (Soil), Manush (People)' slogan. Today mothers are crying, soil is being looted and the people of Bengal are forced to leave the state. Infiltration is posing a big threat to Bengal's Roti (Food), Beti (Daughters) and Mati (Soil)." He added: "In most of the crimes, one or the other criminal is either a TMC leader or is associated with it. The TMC government openly stands beside the criminals and tries to shield them. This attitude has resulted in increased attacks on women." "The TMC government has a single agenda. They won't work themselves, nor will they allow anyone to work. Till they get their cut money they don't allow any benefits to reach the poor people. That's why they have applied brakes on the Centre's schemes," Modi said, adding that the TMC's "hooliganism is nearing its end". "The countdown for the ouster of the TMC-government has started. Today the bugle for a new revolution in Bengal has been sounded from the Brigade Parade Ground. The writing is on the wall and in the hearts of the people. The end of the ruthless government is inevitable. The mahajangal raj will come to an end." Dismissing the PM's allegations over infiltration, state education minister Bratya Basu said: "More than 6.3 million names have already been deleted from the electoral roll and many more are under adjudication. How many Rohingyas and Bangladeshis were found? How many infiltrators were there?" Modi also slammed the ruling TMC over the alleged protocol breach at an event attended by President Droupadi Murmu last week, saying: "Recently, our President Droupadi Murmu, a daughter of the Adivasi community, had come to West Bengal to attend an international conference on Santhals. But the arrogant and ruthless TMC government messed it up. The TMC couldn't tolerate the huge respect an Adivasi daughter was getting. Murmu, who is known for her innocence, was disheartened and had to express her regret. The President of India had to express her pain." TMC's Rajya Sabha MP Saayoni Ghosh said: "With due respect to the President, I would say that she is not the President of the country. What we saw in West Bengal recently was unprecedented. The President of India is coming for a political campaign. She was speaking political language and making political comments. When women were raped and paraded naked in Manipur, didn't it come to the mind of the Prime Minister that they were also Adivasi women?" BJP leader Rahul Sinha said: "Ghosh's remarks prove that the entire mismanagement in the President's event was planned by the ruling TMC." Earlier in the day, the PM attended a government programme where he laid the foundation stone and inaugurated multiple infrastructure and development projects worth around Rs 18,680 crore. Meanwhile, four people were arrested late on Saturday in connection with the violence that took place around 5 km from Brigade Parade Ground, as BJP supporters were heading towards the event. According to eyewitnesses, supporters of both parties allegedly threw stones at each other and raised slogans, triggering tension in the busy locality. State minister Sashi Panja alleged that BJP workersattacked her residence, leaving her injured....