KOLKATA: Replying to charges of corruption levelled at her and her family, CM Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said: “I have never seen such dirty politics. I do not like this politics of defamation, lies, use of unprintable words, not giving minimum respect to people.” She added the “politics of blackmail too had started”. “A section of the media is used as a weapon to defame without evidence. Everyone is now being called a thief,” she said.
“We used to have a joint family. But now we stay separately. Trinamool is my family. Do not try to defame my Trinamool family,” the CM said, distancing herself from her siblings and explaining how she lived away from them. “Only Abhishek’s mom sends me cooked food as I don’t have time to cook for myself. But they, too, stay separately. I actually spend more time in adda with my brothers’ wives than with my brothers,” she added. “I get to meet my entire family only during festive occasions like bhai-phonta, Kali Puja or rakhi.”
