Saradha scam fallout: BJP slams Mamata's 'adventurous comments'

Slamming West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's tirade against the Central government, the BJP on Saturday accused the former of making adventurous comments without offering any explanations for her party leaders' alleged involvement in the Saradha chit-fund scam

"I think Mamata Banerjee has lost all her courage and now she's making all these adventurous comments without offering any explanations for the kind of criminal conspiracy that her party leaders were engaged in, in perpetrating Sarada chit-fund scam," BJP national spokesperson G V L Narsimha Rao told ANI.

"She's not giving any reasons why they should not be arrested when they have actually cheated and then they have partnered with Sarada chit-fund promoters in causing grievous loss to millions of people of West Bengal," he added

Demanding an explanation from Mamata, Rao further accused the TMC supremo of indulging in political rhetoric and political propaganda.

"Rather than taking action against her own party members and the people who have actually colluded with the scamsters, Mamata has only indulged in political rhetoric and political propaganda," he stated.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday threw an "open challenge" at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP to arrest her, following the arrest of state transport minister Madan Mitra for his alleged involvement in the Saradha chit fund scam.

Mamata termed Mitra's arrest 'illegal and unconstitutional' and accused the Centre of indulging in vendetta politics.