West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee criticized the ED’s actions, targeting Home Minister Amit Shah and labeling him a “nasty and naughty” home minister.
“Is it the responsibility of the ED, Amit Shah, to seize the party’s hard disk and candidate list?” Mamata asked.
“The nasty, naughty Home Minister who fails to safeguard the country is confiscating all my party’s documents. What would happen if I raided the BJP party office? Meanwhile, they are purging the names of voters by conducting the SIR in West Bengal… Due to the elections, they are gathering all the information about my party…” she continued.
#WATCH | Kolkata | West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee asserts, “…Is it the duty of the ED, Amit Shah to collect the party’s hard disk, candidate list?… The nasty, naughty Home Minister who cannot protect the country and is taking all my party documents. What will be the outcome… pic.twitter.com/rMjcef7Vhn
— ANI (@ANI) January 8, 2026
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is carrying out searches at 15 locations nationwide in connection with a fake government job scam involving a group that deceived individuals by offering phony jobs, according to officials and news agency ANI.
The raids are being executed at three sites in Bihar, two in West Bengal, four in Kerala, one in Tamil Nadu, one in Gujarat, and four in Uttar Pradesh.
Locations being searched include Muzaffarpur and Motihari in Bihar; Kolkata in West Bengal; Ernakulam, Pandalam, Adoor, and Kodur in Kerala; Chennai in Tamil Nadu; Rajkot in Gujarat; and Gorakhpur, Prayagraj, and Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, as reported by ANI.
The ED raided the Indian Political Action Committee’s office in Kolkata early on January 8, prompting the West Bengal CM to visit the site and criticize the government’s actions ahead of the West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026.
#WATCH | Kolkata | West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee at the office of the Indian Political Action Committee where Enforcement Directorate teams are conducting raids. pic.twitter.com/kf5vlTRKC8
— ANI (@ANI) January 8, 2026
