Kolkata, April 14 -- Hours after the ED arrested Vinesh Chandel, co-founder of political consulting firm I-PAC in a money laundering case, Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee strongly condemned the move.
Banjerjee in a post on X said the arrest of Chandel just ten days before the West Bengal Assembly elections, is a serious threat to democratic functioning and electoral fairness.
I-PAC is the official election consultant for the ruling Trinamool for the 2026 assembly elections.
"The arrest of Vinesh Chandel, co-founder of I-PAC, barely 10 days before the Bengal elections, is not just alarming - it shakes the very idea of a level playing field," he wrote.
He questioned the timing of the arrest, arguing that su...