Kolkata/IBNS, Dec. 30 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday accused the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government of refusing to provide land for border fencing, triggering a fresh political confrontation with the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the poll-bound state.

Addressing a press conference in Kolkata during his three-day visit, Shah rejected the TMC's charge that the Centre should be blamed for infiltration as it controls the Border Security Force (BSF).

He further questioned the role of state authorities, asking what patwaris and police stations were doing and why infiltrators were not being sent back.

Shah claimed infiltration has been curtailed in Assam and Tripura and alleged it continues only in West Bengal.

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