Shafaqna India: Following Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids at Indian Political Action Committee I-PAC, a political consultancy and election management company, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has stepped up its offensive against the Union Government. In this regard, several party leaders, led by Derek O’Brien and Mahua Moitra, staged a protest today outside Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s office at Kartavya Bhawan.
The protesting leaders were, however, whisked away by the police. Reacting to the Delhi Police action, Moitra wrote in a post on X, “Shameless Amit Shah using Delhi Police to drag us away from peaceful protest at Home Ministry.”
Meanwhile, the TMC accused the Home Minister of “assaulting elected representatives to crush democracy”.
“Is this how dissent is silenced in your India?” the TMC wrote on X. The party said that Shah was “rattled” and accused him of being “arrogant”. “First, the shameless misuse of the ED. Now, an attack on the peaceful dharna of our eight MPs. This desperation exposes your fear. You may try to choke democracy, but Bengal will not be cowed,” the party stated.
Senior party leader Abhishek Banerjee, too, slammed the Home Minister for ED’s action. He said, “Democracy is punished. Criminals are rewarded. Agencies are weaponised. Elections are manipulated.” He further stated, “JAIL the PROTESTERS. BAIL the RAPISTS. This is BJP’s version of New India.”
He asserted that even if the “rest of the country is forced to surrender, Bengal will resist”. And the party will fight the Central Government “tooth and nail and defeat it”.