Bengal, Modi do not go hand in hand: Buddhadeb

Bhattacharjee also ridiculed the much touted "Gujarat model of development", saying it was solely aimed at making the rich, richer.

"What more needs to be said when his own senior party colleague has disapproved the Gujarat model," said Bhattacharjee referring to BJP veteran Murli Manohar Joshi who had opined that the Gujarat model of development may not be applicable to every other state.

"It is all about corporate-led development where the sole aim is maximisation of profits and whoever comes in between, gets decimated. People do not aspire for a development which oils the already oiled," he said.

Talking about the issue of Gorkhaland and Darjeeling where the saffron party has aligned with the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, Bhattacharjee asserted that "nobody had the power to take Darjeeling" outside Bengal.

He stressed that the Left parties in the country were endeavouring to notch up an anti-Congress, anti-BJP front. Bhattacharjee said their fight was not only to defeat the Congress but also to prevent the BJP from coming to power.