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The political temperature in West Bengal has reached a boiling point as TMC Supremo Mamata Banerjee launched a scathing attack on the BJP during a rally in Pandabeswar on Thursday. Responding to the “thief” (Chor) jibes from the opposition, the Chief Minister asserted, “I have never taken a single paisa as salary in my life as CM. I don’t even have a cup of tea with someone else’s money, yet they call me a thief. Their language is ‘naked’ and indecent.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Highlighting her government’s contributions to the Asansol region, she pointed out projects like the Andal Airport, Nazrul Islam University, and the Multi-Super Specialty Hospital. She also slammed the Centre over the condition of coal mine workers, alleging that despite her repeated proposals for joint planning over the last 5-6 years, the Centre has prioritized privatization and “looting” over workers’ welfare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The political temperature in West Bengal has reached a boiling point as TMC Supremo Mamata Banerjee launched a scathing attack on the BJP during a rally in Pandabeswar on Thursday. Responding to the “thief” (Chor) jibes from the opposition, the Chief Minister asserted, “I have never taken a single paisa as salary in my life […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":211081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-211080","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest-news"},"yoast_head":"\n"I Don\u2019t Take a Single Penny as Salary, Yet They Call Me a Thief!" 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