Calling for state funding of elections as a part of the fight against graft, Banerjee iterated the system has become corrupt.
"We will bring in electoral reforms. We will set up a mechanism to make the election process transparent. We will make it state-funded through the Election Commission”.
She also alleged that parties claiming to be poor have also amassed a lot of wealth while new outfits which came into existence some months back were also flush with money.
"Something is wrong... how is it possible?" she asked.
The manifesto promised a mechanism for identifying black money, and unearthing such wealth even from foreign banks and tough laws against adulteration of food, fuel, and medicines.