Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit questioned the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids at the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) office in Kolkata, alleging that the central agency functions as a political tool of the BJP, especially ahead of elections.
Sharad Pawar's NCP MP Supriya Sule on Saturday condemned the Enforcement Directorate raids on political consultancy firms I-PAC in Kolkata, labelling them as "completely undemocratic."
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday alleged that Union Home Minister Amit Shah and West Bengal Leader of Opposition (LoP) Suvendu Adhikari were involved in the coal smuggling case. She alleged that the money from the coal scam went to Amit Shah through Suvendu Adhikari an
A day after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted raids at the office of I-PAC in connection with the alleged coal smuggling case, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee took to the streets to protest against the ED action. CM Mamata Banerjee alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Par
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) Chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Friday launched a protest in Kolkata against the Enforcement Directorate (ED), a day after the central agency conducted raids at the office of I-PAC.
Speaking to ANI, Dikshit said, "ED has not been able to prove one case till now. The ED always conducts raids to provide political benefits to the BJP. This is all a part of the politics."
"There have been corruption cases in West Bengal for years now. But it has become a fashion among the BJP that whenever a state is about to go to the polls, they send ED there before them. If this were indeed a case against this company, the company has been in operation for years now. Th
"IPAC has been working in Bengal for 10 years. What is the reason for the ED raids just before the elections? So many cases are pending. ED can go there. There is no issue with it. But today, the BJP is misusing ED people," Subhankar said.
Patra said the ED conducted searches at 10 locations across the country, six in West Bengal and four in Delhi, in connection with an alleged coal scam and linked hawala transactions. According to him, raids were carried out on premises connected to Anup Majhi, an accused in the coal scam,
The Chief Minister said the Union government had "not given a single penny" for Gangasagar, held annually at the confluence of the Ganga and the Bay of Bengal. She also expressed disappointment over the Centre's refusal to grant it national fair recognition.
Following the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids at the I-PAC office in Kolkata, BJP MP Sanjay Jaiswal said that "all frauds of Prashant Kishor and IPAC should be unveiled."
Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Kunal Ghosh on Thursday led party workers and leaders in a protest in Kolkata against the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), after ED conducted raids at the I-PAC office.