India, Dec. 30 -- West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday rejected the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) accusations that she indulged in appeasement, saying that she was "secular in the true sense".

"Many people accuse me of indulging in appeasement. I don't indulge in appeasement. I am secular in the true sense. I believe in Sarva Dharma Samanyaya (Harmony among all religions)," Banerjee said at a ceremony to lay the foundation stone of Durga Angan, a temple complex dedicated to Goddess Durga, at New Town in North 24 Parganas near Kolkata.

The BJP often targets the Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo for practising appeasement politics.

"I am tolerating and keeping patience. But there is a limit," she said, without naming any ...