ADVERTISEMENTIn a post on X, Mamata Banerjee condemned the treatment of her party colleagues as “shameful”. The protesting MPs accused the BJP-led central government of misusing the ED to target Trinamool, which has appointed the private political consultancy I-PAC as its election strategist. MPs O’Brien, Satabdi Roy, Moitra, Bapi Haldar, Saket Gokhale, Pratima Mondal, Kirti Azad and Sharmila Sarkar later protested atthe gates. The police said the MPs had been detained because they had protested without permission in a high-security area. Moitra, seen crying “shame, shame” in a video as policewomen carry her away, later attacked Union home minister Amit Shah.

Source: The Telegraph January 10, 2026 06:42 UTC