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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma connected Friday (January 9, 2026) slammed his West Bengal counterpart, Mamata Banerjee, for her behaviour during Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids linked to governmental consultancy steadfast I-PAC successful Kolkata earlier this week.
He told journalists successful Guwahati that Ms. Banerjee’s actions could outgo her nationalist respect. He alleged that she had interfered with the probe by entering the premises being searched and removing documents.
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“The mode Mamata Banerjee entered the transgression scene, took distant files, and utilized foul connection against the Home Minister (Amit Shah) is profoundly disturbing. People volition wholly suffer respect for her,” Mr. Sarma said.
He described the incidental arsenic unfortunate and unprecedented. “If a serving Chief Minister goes to a raid site, hijacks files, and kidnaps people, it is excessively much. I bash not privation to remark further, but it is simply a bittersweet development,” helium added.
The ED had conducted searches astatine the residence of I-PAC main Pratik Jain and astatine the firm’s bureau successful Kolkata connected Thursday (January 8). Ms. Banerjee aboriginal reached the locations, alleging that the cardinal bureau was attempting to prehend delicate information related to the Trinamool Congress up of the upcoming Assembly elections, expected successful March-April.
Separately, Mr. Sarma described West Bengal arsenic a anemic nexus successful efforts to curb alleged infiltration from Bangladesh, stating that coordination among neighbouring states was important to code the issue.
“Assam and Tripura, some ruled by the BJP, are actively moving to cheque infiltration from Bangladesh. However, the aforesaid effort is not disposable successful West Bengal. This is wherefore we person not been capable to tackle the occupation effectively,” helium said.
Mr. Sarma claimed that the combat against infiltration would summation momentum if the aforesaid enactment ruled Assam, Tripura, and West Bengal.
West Bengal shares the longest borderline with Bangladesh. Assam, Tripura, Meghalaya, and Mizoram besides stock borders with the neighbouring state successful turmoil since the autumn of the Sheikh Hasina authorities successful August 2024.
