Bhubaneswar, Jan. 8 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over "intervening" in the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids at the Kolkata office of political consultancy firm I-PAC, with party's national spokesperson and MP Sambit Patra alleging "unprecedented obstruction of an official investigation by a sitting Chief Minister."

Addressing the media in Bhubaneswar, Patra claimed that Banerjee personally intervened during the ED operation and attempted to remove crucial evidence. "Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has obstructed official work today. Perhaps this is happening for the first time in India that when an ED raid is underway in connection with a corruption case, the Chief Minister enters and attem...