The Enforcement Directorate-Mamata Banerjee showdown in Kolkata is bound to have distinct political ramifications ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal. The ED’s raids on the political consultancy firm I-PAC in Kolkata triggered charges of political vendetta by Chief Minister and Trinamul Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee, who dramatically stormed the I-PAC chief Pratik Jain’s house and the firm’s office in Salt Lake with senior police officials in tow to prevent the ED from taking away what she termed as sensitive material related to Trinamul election strategy and its candidate list. She took away a file ostensibly regarding political strategy and voter deletions, following the Special........

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