"Both types of people are there in the world. There are good people and there are bad people. All political leaders are corrupt, it is not that."
"Similarly, all judges are corrupt, I have never said this. Judges are not corrupt. Lawyers are not corrupt. I had not said this. I had spoken about value-based judiciary, need for judicial reforms, political reforms, administrative reforms, which were lacking since Independence, and the need for state funding of elections. What is the harm"? she said adding " if that is wrong, then I will repeat it a thousand times".
Mamata, who was responding to media queries at the state secretariat here, said "I will say what I have said. I will talk about common people".
"I spoke about value-based judiciary. I spoke about value-based media. What is the harm? Whatever order the court gives, I am bound to accept it", the Chief Minister said.
"I am also a lawyer, I can plead for the countrymen, people and myself. I spoke about state funding", she said adding "I had said the voice of justice should not weep silently in the wilderness. This is not that I said today. I had said this several times earlier," she said. (more)
