Kanthi/Nandakumar: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Sunday blamed herself for being a simpleton and for not recognising the “true face” of the “influential” Adhikari family, without naming it. She called herself a “big donkey” for being unable to do so.
Apparently venting her ire against the Adhikari family of Purba Medinipur district, Banerjee said at an election rally here that she had even heard rumours that “they” had built a huge empire. Banerjee’s protege-turned-rival Suvendu, considered the most important member of the Adhikari family and described as its spokesman by patriarch Sisir Adhikari, is pitted against the TMC leader from Nandigram constituency for the coming assembly polls.
He had left the TMC in December last to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Sisir Adhikari, TMC MP and Suvendu’s father, joined the BJP in the presence of senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah during the day.
“I say I am a ‘big donkey’ (Ami ekta boro…