A day after the Trinamool Congress accepted the apology of Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Pal for making objectionable remarks, chairperson and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged here on Thursday that there is a planned campaign of “canards and misinformation”.
“Now, as you can see, if you do some good work that is never publicised. But if somebody does something small, or even if somebody does not do it, everybody is out with a vengeance,” Ms. Banerjee said at an event at Nazrul Mancha.
The Chief Minister, who was addressing an official programme, said while “good work” of her government was never publicised, “petty matters” were highlighted.
“A campaign of canards and misinformation is being carried out against us in a planted way. It may well be that you don’t even know what has happened,” Ms. Banerjee said.
“So, in such a scenario, you should keep in mind that we have to on our own arrange for ways and means to defend ourselves,” the Chief Minister went on to say.
In her speech, though she made no specific mention of the Tapas Pal controversy, her attack directed at the media was indirect reference to the incident which was highlighted both in the electronic and the print media.
