A day after BJP President Amit Shah took on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at a rally here, top Trinamool Congress leaders today launched a counter-attack on the saffron party.

"The support of people is with TMC and Mamata Banerjee. BJP cannot digest this fact," Banerjee's nephew and party MP Abhishek Banerjee told a party rally in Kolkata.

"Can you block the sunlight by covering your eyes with your hand? No. Defeating Mamata Banerjee is not easy," he said taking a dig at Shah's claim yesterday that his party is going to form the next government in West Bengal.

BJP wants to defeat Mamata Banerjee by indulging in propaganda through a section of media, he alleged adding, "A few dalals are carrying out negative propaganda against her."

Banerjee, he said, had stood by the people in Nandigram, Singur and at Netai.

"Mamata Banerjee started her struggle wearing hawai chappals three decades ago. She still follows the same lifestyle ... She has a long history of struggle. She did not become a mass leader overnight ... They (BJP) do not know Bengali language, Bengali culture.

"Let there be a competition based on development. Let them (BJP) talk based on facts and figures," Abhishek, also a national president of Trinamool Congress said.