"We work and they advertise. If they had given the money spent on advertisements to labourers, then there would not have been the MGNREGA protests. We have never seen anything like this," the Chief Minister said.
Banerjee was seen seated at the 'Rajbhavan Chalo' makeshift stage along with other party leaders. This comes amid ongoing raids on two TMC strongmen- Firhad Hakim and Madan Mitra by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) since Sunday morning in the municipal jobs 'scam' case.
"This protest will continue. The way they have withheld the money of the people (100 days of employment) the protest will continue against it. Narendra Modi is a vindictive leader. BJP is a pathological liar. They do not know how to speak anything except lies. What can I do?" TMC MP Kalyan B
The ED had earlier summoned Banerjee on October 3. However, Banerjee did not appear at the ED office on that date, owing to the party's MGNREGA protests in Delhi on the same date.