When in a 2001 sting operation by Tehelka, the then BJP president Bangaru Laxman was caught on video taking bribe, the then Trinamool chief and current chief minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee was among those who demanded his immediate resignation and removal. Bengal political commentators are now pointing to the paradox that now when the top leaders of her own party have been similarly caught on camera-- allegedly accepting bribes-- she has rushed to their support.