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Buddhádeb lashes out at Mamata, seeks CBI probeKa,cat*, Mm 5The ongoing Left-Trinamoolwarof words in West Bengalover thq chitfund scamtodaysaw. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjetaccusing Chief MinisterMamataßanerjee oftiying todrag his name into the scandalby spreading "lies' andstating that only a CBJ inquirywould unravel the truth.''hat is she trying toprove by showing my pictures?Thai 1, my familymembers and my party membershave taken motley fromchit-fund firms Sheis tryingto spread lies: to save herown party from the scanç'Bhattachaijee said addressinga rally in North 24-Parganasdistrict.A few days back, Baneijeehad displayed copies ofnewspapers,includingCPM mouthpieceGanasakd, with the purportedphotographsof the formerChief Minister and a formerCPM MP from the state."1 was the ChiefMinisterfor10years. his nota big issue ifsomeone clicks any photographwith me. It doesrftScanthat we have takenmoneyfromthat person.Have we putour ownparty leaders into chitfund fimis to head any ving ofsuch companies?' Rhattacharjetwondered."Rather than delivering bigspeeches, let there be a CE!inquiry. A CBE inquiry canonly bring out the truth,'Bhattáchaijee said.lie alleged that the nearlytwo years of Trinamool Con.great rule had witnessed arapid decline in agricuiwreand industry.On one hand, poor lannerswere not getting right pricesfor the paddy they producedultimately pushing them tocommit suicide, on the otherthe ktting up of the steel factoryat Salboni in West Mid Snapore district by the undaiswas in jeopardy, he said.'During the last year of our(Left Front) nile i.e. 2011, anamount ofRs 9,500 crete wasinvested, but in the very neatyear, the amount came downto a paitry Rsl23 crore,"Rhattachaijee claimed.He claimed that the tallpromise of creating 10 lathjobs came unstuck.Somejobs were indeed created, butthat is in thegreen police,while otherjobs were createdby chit fund companies.'The only thing that pogressedunhindered was'goondaisin', he alleged,adding that theft and dacoityhad taken place during hisregime, but notin the magnitudeas wasbeing seen at thepresent. "Now common peopieare scared and the goondasare thinking that it istheir government,' he said.He alleged that after send'ing the bill to control chitfund companies to Delhi in2003 for presidential assent,at least 20 letters had beendespatched. bat the bill wasnot signed into law.-FIT