Mamata Banerjee slams Kunal Ghosh for dragging TMC in Saradha scam

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee hit out at TMC MP Kunal Ghosh for dragging state ministers and the party into the Saradha chit fund scam.

The TMC supremo denied Ghosh’s charge as saying that in order to save his own guilt, he tried to accuse the party leaders.

“Kunal Ghosh is an accused lodged in jail. We have arrested him. To save himself, he is saying whatever he wants to. Where is the evidence? These chit fund companies were set up during the tenure of the Left and not in our regime,” she said.

Mamata reminded that her government had passed strong anti-chit fund laws but could not implement is as law since the Centre has not approved them yet.

“We have returned money to 5 lakh Saradha investors. The CBI will return money to the remaining 7 lakhs. Trinamool Congress is the most transparent political party in the country. I don’t need to depend on Saradha money, neither does my party but some people are blaming us. It’s very unfortunate,” she said.

Bannerjee said that there has been a wide-spread conspiracy against her.

“A deliberate attempt is being made to control the government for vested interests in land and business. A conspiracy is on to kill even me. I won’t be controlled by anybody but only by the masses,” she said.

“A section of the media is carrying out a malicious campaign against me and my party. Earlier, there was a rule in media houses to judge what is right or wrong. Nowadays even if we send a rejoinder, they do not bother to publish it. Many chit fund companies have started their own media houses,” she said.

“We are neither thieves nor dacoits. To shield the real culprits, lies are being spread against us and abuses are being hurled, there should be a limit to everything. I am still tolerating but that does not mean it is our weakness,” Mamata Banerjee said.

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