India, Jan. 8 -- West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday lashed out at the Centre and the ruling BJP over the ED raids on the I-PAC office and the home of the organisation's chief in the state capital, Kolkata.

This comes after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) chief Pratik Jain's house in Kolkata. High drama ensued when Banerjee reached Jain's home during the raids, with the BJP slamming it as "interference".

"Karte loot bolte jhooth. If you (BJP) cannot fight with us, then why are you coming to Bengal? Defeat us in a democratic way. You are using agencies to loot our papers, our strategy, our voters, our data, our Bengal... By doing all this, the number of seats you we...