Sound of silence

Who should you blame for disasters in your bailiwick? For the Trinamool Congress-supremo Mamata Banerjee that has become a complex question. For the Jnaneswari Express sabotage and the hooch tragedy, she was able to point fingers at the rival CPI(M). But an LCD television stolen from a Trinamool office in Kolkata has added a fresh twist to her blame game. When the party alleged that only the CPI(M) could have masterminded such a theft, Banerjee kept mum, unsure whether to blame party insiders or the opposition. Finally, this trust deficit or fear of prying CPI(M) ears prompted her to welcome the new year by making her chamber at Writers’ Buildings soundproof.