She also alleged that had her government blocked the SIR process, the BJP-led dispensation at the Centre would have imposed President's Rule in West Bengal.

"They were waiting for a chance. If we had stopped the SIR, President's Rule would have been imposed here," she claimed.

Banerjee said that despite orders of the Calcutta High Court and the Supreme Court, the Centre had not released the dues even after a year and had instead sent a letter placing several conditions on the implementation of the scheme.

"We do not accept these conditions. Bengal will run the 100-day work scheme on its own," she declared, before tearing the note into pieces from the dais.

Claiming that funds under the rural employment scheme had been stopped for four years, Banerjee alleged that other welfare programmes, such as the rural housing and village road projects, had also been stalled by the Centre.

She said her government had launched an alternative scheme, 'Karmashree', ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections by providing work from the state exchequer and asserted that the programme had been successful.

"We don't want alms from anyone. Bengal knows how to stand on its own feet," the chief minister said.

Reading out from the note, Banerjee cited one condition that requires the labour department to submit quarterly labour budgets.

"It is December now. Elections will be announced in February. When will we show all this?" she asked.

She also alleged that another condition restricts the number of workers to 10 per gram sabha.

"Does this ever happen? Even one family can have 10 poor people," she said, adding that the Centre had also spoken about mandatory training for workers.

Holding up the paper, Banerjee said, "This has no value. It is a valueless paper. I consider this an insult and a humiliation," before ripping it apart on the stage.