Don't blame us for Saradha chit fund mess: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today lashed out at the CPM and sections of the media saying that they were trying to malign the image of the state government by dragging Trinamool leaders into the Saradha chit fund scam. “We have already formed an inquiry commission to look into how many people were affected by the chit fund scam. The law looking into financial irregularities will also come into effect soon,” Banerjee told a group of reporters at the Writers’ Building in Kolkata. [caption id=“attachment_725731” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Mamata announced a 500-crore relief package. PTI. [/caption] “The CPM is trying to play a dirty game by dragging specific members of the Trinamool and a number of journalists. But this game cannot go on. The Left invokes the law when it pleases them and play politics when the law goes against them,” she said. The chief minister also announced a relief package for those affected by the dubious chit fund company headed by Sudipta Sen, who has now been arrested from Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. “A Rs 500 crore relief package will be given to the people who lost all their savings. This will be dependent on the recommendations of the inquiry commission that has already been set up,” Banerjee said. She proposed that part of the money for the Rs 500 crore relief package could come from levying a 10 percent extra tax on tobacco products in West Bengal. However, she did not spare the Left and the Centre for the constant criticism that she received. “We have been in power for just two years and yet we have done so much. What stopped the government in power for so many years to draft a law to look into financial irregularities of small savings schemes?” the chief minister said.