“The best way Mamata Banerjee entered the crime scene, took away information, and used foul language in opposition to the Residence Minister (Amit Shah) is deeply disturbing,” Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma mentioned. File
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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday (January 9, 2026) slammed his West Bengal counterpart, Mamata Banerjee, for her conduct throughout Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids linked to political consultancy agency I-PAC in Kolkata earlier this week.
He advised journalists in Guwahati that Ms. Banerjee’s actions might value her public respect. He alleged that she had interfered with the investigation by getting into the premises being searched and eradicating paperwork.
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“The best way Mamata Banerjee entered the crime scene, took away information, and used foul language in opposition to the Residence Minister (Amit Shah) is deeply disturbing. Folks will utterly lose respect for her,” Mr. Sarma mentioned.
He described the incident as unlucky and unprecedented. “If a serving Chief Minister goes to a raid web site, hijacks information, and kidnaps individuals, it’s an excessive amount of. I don’t wish to remark additional, however it’s a unhappy improvement,” he added.
The ED had performed searches on the residence of I-PAC chief Pratik Jain and on the agency’s workplace in Kolkata on Thursday (January 8). Ms. Banerjee later reached the places, alleging that the central company was trying to grab delicate knowledge associated to the Trinamool Congress forward of the upcoming Meeting elections, anticipated in March-April.
Individually, Mr. Sarma described West Bengal as a weak hyperlink in efforts to curb alleged infiltration from Bangladesh, stating that coordination amongst neighbouring states was essential to deal with the problem.
“Assam and Tripura, each dominated by the BJP, are actively working to verify infiltration from Bangladesh. Nonetheless, the identical effort is just not seen in West Bengal. Because of this we’ve got not been in a position to sort out the issue successfully,” he mentioned.
Mr. Sarma claimed that the combat in opposition to infiltration would acquire momentum if the identical celebration dominated Assam, Tripura, and West Bengal.
West Bengal shares the longest border with Bangladesh. Assam, Tripura, Meghalaya, and Mizoram additionally share borders with the neighbouring nation in turmoil for the reason that fall of the Sheikh Hasina authorities in August 2024.
Printed – January 10, 2026 10:47 am IST
