"The money raised from the sale of my paintings is taken in the form of cheques in favour of 'Jago Bangla' (the Trinamool mouthpiece)," she said.
Asking the opposition to counter her on policies, Banerjee said: "I am ready to answer all their questions".
She said the Communist Party of India-Marxist mouthpiece Ganashakri was "full of advertisements" given by the chit fund aided Saradha Group. "They have taken money from chit funds."
"Before raising the bogey of chit funds, the Left should answer who was in power when chit funds were founded in Bengal," she said.