Kolkata: Attacking West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, her predecessor and CPI-M leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Sunday termed as "lies" her statement that she knew nothing about the chit fund scam before the Bengali New Year day. "New she says I did not know anything before Polia Baishakh (April 15-Bengali New Year's Day). For some people, lying is a habit. She knew everything. Her government has admitted that in an affidavit before the court," Bhattacharjee said without taking her name at a public meeting in Shyamnagar of neighbouring North 24 Parganas district.
"She put her party MP at the head of the newspaper and television channel business of the Group (chit fund-aided Saradha, which has gone bust). Another MP was the brand ambassador. So many of their (ruling Trinamool Congress) people were on monthly payroll (of the Saradha Group)," he said. The Communist Party of India-Marxist leader said the Trinamool government allowed the media business of the Group as also those run by other chit fund-aided companies to flourish on the condition that they back the ruling party to the hilt and strongly campaign against the opposition Left Front.
"They were told that if they do so they would get government advertisements generously. Crores of government money in the form of advertisements was pumped into the chit fund run media. Now that skeletons are tumbling out, the chief minister says 'You are calling me thief? Then what are you?'"
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12:26 PM, Apr 11, 2013
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03:48 PM, Feb 28, 2013
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04:27 AM, Feb 11, 2013
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11:00 PM, Feb 06, 2013
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06:35 PM, Feb 06, 2013
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01:15 PM, Feb 06, 2013
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04:41 AM, Jan 28, 2013
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02:39 AM, Jan 14, 2013
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09:26 PM, Jan 13, 2013
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12:24 PM, Dec 27, 2012
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03:24 AM, Nov 25, 2012
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12:31 AM, Nov 25, 2012
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04:22 AM, Nov 12, 2012
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01:48 AM, Nov 12, 2012
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06:01 PM, Sep 09, 2012
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05:34 AM, Sep 02, 2012
