"Trinamool Congress is a people's party. During our four-and-a-half-year rule we have done many development works for the people and served them. Whenever election comes they resort to smear campaign. They have no issue. Fight us politically," the TMC chief said at an election meeting here.
"Why CPI-M, Congress and BJP did not give rice to the people at Rs 2 a kg. Who stopped them? They did nothing except hatching conspiracy. We don't do dirty politics like them. We are giving Rs 2 per kg rice to 8 crore people in the state," she said.
Turning to the Congress-CPI(M) electoral pact, Banerjee said, "The musk has now come out. CPI-M is saying Congress zindabad and Congress is saying CPI-M zindabad".
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