Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee remained absent from the Budget presentation.
The Chief Minister has been on a sit-in dharna at the city centre, protesting the alleged “CBI excesses and politicisation of the investigation agency” by the BJP.
The Cabinet meeting, required ahead of the presentation of the Budget, was held at protest site.
“I am on a dharna against the Centre. Rules mandate that the Cabinet has to approve the Budget. So the Cabinet meeting was held at the dharna mancha itself. However, I can’t be present at the Assembly,” Banerjee said.