Following Trinamul Congress (TMC) distancing itself MP Mahua Moitra's controversial comments on Goddess Kali, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said "people make mistakes but they can be rectified", reports hindustantimes.com.

"We make mistakes while working but they can be rectified. Some people don't see all the good work and suddenly start shouting... Negativity affects our brain cells so let's think positively," news agency ANI quoted Mamata as saying.

Mamata however didn't take Moitra's name.

Speaking at a conclave, Moitra had said, "For me, Goddess Kali is a meat-eating and alcohol-accepting goddess. And if you go to Tarapith (a major Shakti peeth in West Bengal's Birbhum district), you will see sadhus smoking. That is the version of Kali people worship (there). I, within Hinduism, being a Kali worshipper, have the right to imagine Kali in that way; that is my freedom."

And she added, ""I have the freedom to do it (envision a meat-eating goddess) as much as you have the freedom to worship your god as vegetarian and white-clothed."

Refusing to be associated with Moitra's remarks made on a TV show on Goddess Kali, the TMC said they "are NOT ENDORSED BY THE PARTY in ANY MANNER OR FORM".

In response to the FIR lodged against her, Moitra tweeted, ""Bring it on BJP! Am a Kali worshipper. I am not afraid of anything. Not your ignoramuses. Not your goons. Not your police. And most certainly not your trolls. Truth doesn't need back up forces."