India, Jan. 11 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's showdown with the Enforcement Directorate following raids at the offices of I-PAC, the political Consultant of her party, has multiple dimensions. There is no doubt that the Trinamool Congress stalwart has been engaged in a prolonged confrontation with the Centre, and the ED raid is being portrayed as an onslaught by the New Delhi dispensation, with the political aim of defaming her, ahead of the Assembly polls later this year. However, politics has its own complexities and the protests carried out in Kolkata and the national capital by leaders of the TMC, also pose a number of questions. In a way, this face-off between Mamata and the Centre, also intentionally or inadvertentl...