The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday summoned senior Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee on October 3 for questioning in connection with school jobs scam in Kolkata.

However, the TMC leader pointed out that the date coincides with the party's protest rally in Delhi against the Centre's decision to withhold West Bengal's dues under MGNREGA, a protest he is supposed to lead. He claimed that it exposed the fear in the saffron camp.

Banerjee shared the letter sent to him by the central agency on X, formerly Twitter, and said, "Earlier this month, the ED summoned me on a day coinciding with an important coordinating meeting of #INDIA in Delhi. I dutifully appeared and complied with the served summons."

"Now, today yet again, they have served me another summons to appear before them on a day when the protest agitation for West Bengal’s rightful dues is scheduled in Delhi on 3rd Oct. This stark revelation unequivocally exposes those who are truly perturbED, rattlED and scarED!" he posted on the micro-blogging site.

Earlier, on September 22, the Calcutta High Court granted relief to Banerjee by directing the ED not to take coercive measures against him in connection with its probe into the case.

The court, however, did not quash the Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR), equivalent to an FIR, filed by the Enforcement Directorate against Banerjee. It maintained that the evidence presented by the ED was insufficient to justify Banerjee's arrest and clarified that the investigation into the alleged irregularities in teacher recruitment in government and government-sponsored schools would continue.