India, Jan. 11 -- In conversations across West Bengal-at roadside teashops, public transport and in the picnics in chilly afternoons-the topic doing the rounds is just one: What made Mamata Banerjee so nervous and desperate that she had to gate-crash Enforcement Directorate raids and snatch documents, a cell phone, and a laptop? Also, what was so secret and crucial that the Trinamool Congress had to hold protests not only in West Bengal but also in New Delhi where the police dragged away MPs like Mahua Moitra, Satabdi Roy and Derek O'Brien protesting outside the offices of Union Home Minister Amit Shah?

While Mamata Banerjee and her party faithful keep on insisting that the raid was done at the behest of the Home Minister to get details ...