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In this special report, India Today's Indrajeet Kundu details the high-voltage political drama in Kolkata as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids the office of I-PAC and the residence of its head, Pratik Jain. The ED alleges that proceeds from the coal smuggling scam were diverted to I-PAC for the Trinamool Congress's Goa campaign. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has rushed to the I-PAC office, stating she will remain there until Jain arrives. The report highlights the escalating confrontation between the TMC top brass and central agencies, with BJP President J.P. Nadda also in the city.

In a dramatic showdown in Kolkata, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee confronted Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials during raids on political consultancy IPAC and her aide Pratik Jain. The ED stated the raids were part of a money laundering probe, but Banerjee alleged a political conspiracy to steal Trinamool Congress's election strategy. 'The candidate list, the party strategy... is it the duty of Home Minister?' she asked, accusing the BJP of misusing central agencies. India Today's Tapas Sengupta reports from the ground on the seizure of files and the escalating political tension.

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High drama played out in Kolkata on Thursday after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, accompanied by her aides, arrived at the city office of political consultancy firm I-PAC, where the Enforcement Directorate was conducting searches in connection with a money laundering probe. The Chief Minister and her team alleged that the central agency was attempting to seize the Trinamool Congress's internal documents, hard disks and sensitive digital data. Visuals from the premises showed Banerjee's aides entering the office and emerging with files and party papers, which were then placed in her vehicle and taken away. Speaking to reporters, Banerjee said the ED had targeted her party's IT cell office and the residence of its in-charge. "They were confiscating my party'/s documents and hard disks, which contain details of our candidates for the Assembly elections. I have brought those back," she said. The confrontation followed ED searches at the Kolkata residence of I-PAC chief Pratik Jain earlier in the day. Banerjee described the action as a case of "political vendetta" orchestrated by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.