Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday slammed opposition bloc INDIA for spreading canards about the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and said it is "Modi ki guarantee to provide citizenship to those who have faith in Maa Bharati (Mother India)".

Addressing a mega rally at Rash Mela grounds in West Bengal's Cooch Behar, Modi criticised the opposition parties for trying to save the corrupt and asserted that he will ensure that they are punished.

"They (INDIA bloc) never cared for the marginalised communities. Now that we have brought CAA, they are spreading rumours and lies. It is Modi ki guarantee to provide citizenship to those who have faith in Maa Bharati," he said.

Hitting out at the opposition alliance INDIA, Modi said the "opposition alliance is busy indulging in politics of lies and deceit." "I am saying remove corruption; the opposition is saying 'save the corrupt.' I will ensure the corrupt are punished, and the poor get justice. In the next five years, more stringent action will be taken against the corrupt," he said.

PM targetted West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and said the entire country saw how the Trinamul threw its weight to save the culprits of the Sandeshkhali incident. “But BJP's focus is empowering the women. The culprits of Sandeshkhali will spend their lives in jail,” PM Modi said adding that only the BJP can stop the injustice taking place to the women of Bengal and hence the BJP must be strengthened in West Bengal. “What happened to the women of Sandeshkhali was a result of TMC's misrule. BJP has vowed that it will ensure the punishment of the Sandeshkhali culprits,” Narendra Modi said.

PM Narendra Modi and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee -- both were in Coochbehar on Thursday for their election campaigns.