Chhattisgarh Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma on Friday condemned West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for allegedly disrupting the Enforcement Directorate's search operations at the offices of the political consultancy firm I-PAC. He demanded the immediate filing of an FIR agains
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West Bengal BJP President and MP Samik Bhattacharya on Friday slammed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, accusing her of undermining constitutional values and interfering in an Enforcement Directorate (ED) raid in the state.
Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday took a dig at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for allegedly obstructing the Enforcement Directorate's raid at the office of political consultancy firm I-PAC and taking away "key evidence" from the site.
"... They have more advertising revenue than any established newspaper, which in itself is a scam. The so-called owners Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the scam are under scrutiny, and are currently on bail...," Joshi said.
High political drama unfolded in West Bengal on Thursday after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reached the offices of political consultancy firm I-PAC even as the Enforcement Directorate was conducting search operations in connection with the coal smuggling case.
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.
ED's Mumbai zonal office arrested Kanakia on January 5 under the provisions of the Prevention of Money-Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. He was produced before a PMLA Special Court, Mumbai, on January 6, which remanded him to ED custody till January 9.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to lead a protest in Kolkata on January 9 following the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids at the IPAC office on Wednesday in connection with the alleged fake government job scam.
The Bharatiya Janata Party's West Bengal unit on Thursday responded to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's remarks on the ongoing Enforcement Directorate (ED) searches, stating that the central agency's action is based on evidence and linked to the alleged illegal coal smuggling case.
In a statement, the ED said, search proceedings were being conducted by its team in a peaceful and professional manner till the arrival of West Bengal Chief Minister along with a large number of police officials.