Kolkata, Jan 12 (IANS) Trinamool Congress General Secretary and party Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee on Monday directed the party’s Information Technology cell — termed as “Digital Yoddhas” or “Digital Warriors” — to launch a massive digital campaign explaining why the Trinamool Congress is opposing the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) raid and search operations at the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) office and at the residence of I-PAC co-founder Pratik Jain last week.He issued th…
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Kolkata, Jan 12 (IANS) After controversies over the raid and search operations by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) at the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC)’s office and residence of its co-founder Pratik Jain last week, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, on Monday, have now been deployed for security cover from the central probe agency’s office at the Central Government Office (CAG) complex at Salt Lake in Kolkata. As of now, personnel of a private security agency were re…
New Delhi/Kolkata, Jan 10 (IANS) The West Bengal government on Saturday filed a caveat in the Supreme Court in connection with the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) petition relating to the searches conducted at the Indian Political Action Committee’s (I-PAC) office and the residence of its director, Pratik Jain.It was requested that the Supreme Court hear the state’s arguments before issuing any order in the matter, sources in the state secretariat said.The ED has filed a case in the Calcutt…
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Since the Watergate scandal of the 1970s that rocked the US, there has been a tendency to name perceived wrongdoings with the suffix “gate”, thus, it did not take much time in branding the narrative of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reportedly entering premises under a probe agency’s raid and personally retrieving documents as “I-PAC-gate”. This was in connection with the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) Thursday raids at the political consultancy agency, Indian…
Kolkata, Jan 9 (IANS) Trinamool Congress general secretary and party Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee on Friday claimed that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had “deliberately” targeted the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) as the agency was assisting the Trinamool Congress with its poll strategy and also helping the party during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in the state.He also accused the ED of being habitual in harassing Trinamool Congress leaders, including…
Kolkata, Jan 9 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Friday made it clear that her party will continue a parallel legal and on-the-street political battle over the controversy surrounding the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) simultaneous raid and search operations on January 8 at the office of the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) in Salt Lake, on the northern outskirts of Kolkata, and at the residence of I-PAC co-founder Pratik Jain at Loudon …
Kolkata, Jan 8 (IANS) Pratik Jain, the co-founder of vote strategy agency, Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC), on Thursday afternoon, filed a counter petition at a single-judge Bench of the Calcutta High Court against the Enforcement Directorate (ED) challenging the latter’s raid and search operations earlier in the day at his residence at Loudon Street in central Kolkata as well as at the I-PAC’s office on the northern outskirts of Kolkata.The petition has been admitted by the single…
Lucknow, Jan 8 (IANS) Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday contended that the BJP is staring at a defeat in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections, with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids on the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) being a clear indication of the party’s desperation.”The BJP is badly losing Bengal. First proof!” Akhilesh Yadav wrote on X, responding to a post that highlighted the ED action in West Bengal even before the Assembly election process had…
Kolkata, Jan 8 (IANS) Following the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) raids at the I-PAC office and the home of its director Pratik Jain in Kolkata, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched a blistering attack against the BJP-led Union government on Thursday, saying her party’s upcoming Assembly election strategy, candidate list, internal data and financial papers have been “looted” by the central investigation agency in the name of conducting a raid.According to her, the raids and search operatio…
Kolkata, Jan 8 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday raided the Salt Lake Sector V office of Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC), a consulting firm working for Trinamool Congress since 2019.According to sources in the central investigating agency, a special team from Delhi arrived for the operation.ED officials also visited the Loudon Street residence of I-PAC’s co-founder, Pratik Jain, where searches are also underway. Pratik Jain, is also the director of I-PAC.Following the…