NEW DELHI:Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday asked BJP MPs from West Bengal to effectively counter the Trinamool Congress-led government in the state and work towards winning the assembly elections next year.

BJP MPs from West Bengal met the prime minister, along with Khagen Murmu — the Lok Sabha member from Maldah Uttar — who was attacked by a mob in October.

Modi enquired about Murmu’s well being and told BJP members from the state to counter the West Bengal government to save democracy in the state.