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Senior Congress person Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury connected Thursday (January 8, 2026) alleged that I-PAC, a firm entity, acts arsenic the "eyes and ears" of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and is engaged successful devising strategies to guarantee the party's electoral success.
Speaking connected Thursday's (January 8) Enforcement Directorate (ED) raid astatine I-PAC’s office, Mr. Chowdhury said, "I-PAC is simply a firm entity. What does it bash for Mamata Banerjee's party?"
"I-PAC acts arsenic the eyes and ears of the TMC. They are engaged successful framing each sorts of strategies to guarantee the triumph of the TMC, and for that, they tin bash thing other successful speech for money," Mr. Chowdhury said.
He besides raised concerns implicit cardinal agencies.
"The 2nd astir striking diagnostic is that implicit the years we person been accused of each sorts of substantive documents that ED, CBI are being utilized by the ruling enactment of our country, adjacent connected mendacious allegations and mendacious charges connected our enactment leaders, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi," helium said.
The Enforcement Directorate connected Thursday conducted searches connected the premises of governmental consultancy steadfast I-PAC and its manager Pratik Jain successful Kolkata arsenic portion of a wealth laundering investigation, authoritative sources said.
Mr. Jain is the co-founder of the Indian Political Action Committee, oregon I-PAC, they said. He is besides the caput of the IT compartment of the Trinamool Congress, the ruling enactment successful West Bengal.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee dramatically turned up astatine the residence of I-PAC main Pratik Jain amid an ongoing ED raid, alleging that the cardinal bureau was attempting to prehend the TMC’s interior documents, hard disks and delicate information linked to its predetermination strategy.
She said the raid astatine the residence and offices of Jain, "the in-charge of my IT cell", was politically motivated and unconstitutional.
Mr. Chowdhury said the incidents item the alleged misuse of investigative agencies for governmental ends, calling for impartial enactment successful the matter.
