Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday claimed that a conspiracy was being hatched by a political party to kill her for political gains, but did not mention any names.
She said the modus operandi was to first assassinate one’s character and then to eliminate the person.
“But I am not afraid of death…conspiracy was hatched earlier too to kill me,” she said, reports PTI.
In an interview to a Bengali television channel ‘Zee 24 Ghanta’, Banerjee said, “I know a conspiracy is being hatched by a political party to kill me. It has even given contract (supari) for the purpose. Advance has also been given to the contract killers, who had undertaken a recce at my residence, office and places around them”.