Before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Alipurduar, TMC Minister and North Bengal Development Minister Udayan Guha made an explosive and sarcastic remark. Speaking to the media, Guha said that Modi is coming to sell “hot sindoor” (vermillion), drawing a contrast to earlier times when some people used to sell hot tea. He emphasized that while previously it was hot tea being sold, now it is hot vermilion flowing in Modi’s blood, criticizing the Prime Minister’s political approach just ahead of his public meeting in Alipurduar, North Bengal.