‘Nothing seized’: How Mamata Banerjee turned an ED raid into a political win |
The Calcutta High Court’s recent ruling confirming that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) walked away from the I-PAC offices with absolutely nothing can be read as a case where a legal defeat turned into a political masterclass. On paper, the court closed a file. But on the streets of Bengal, the narrative being spun is far more cinematic. It is the story of Mamata Banerjee, the “street fighter,” staring down the central government’s “muscle”.
For the Trinamool Congress (TMC), this wasn’t about the legalities of a search warrant. It was about the optics. By moving the court to “protect confidential data,” the TMC effectively signalled two things to the public: First, that they held political secrets worth stealing by the BJP and second,........