Siliguri, Jan. 8 -- West Bengal Congress President Subhankar Sarkar on Thursday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is misusing the Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials for political purposes, claiming that the raids at the I-PAC office in Kolkata were deliberately carried out ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections.

Reacting to the searches, Sarkar said I-PAC has been working in West Bengal for nearly a decade and questioned the timing of the ED action. "IPAC has been working in Bengal for 10 years. What is the reason for the ED raids just before the elections? So many cases are pending. ED can go there. There is no issue with it. But today, the BJP is misusing ED people," he said to ANI.

He also questioned Chief Minister ...