Mumbai, May 10 -- Concern regarding the increasing influence of election management companies, survey agencies and political consultancy firms in Indian politics was highlighted by Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut, who laid emphasis on the need to strengthen grassroots political organisation and worker engagement.

In a detailed post on social media platform X, he shared the remarks made by Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee regarding the role of I-PAC in West Bengal politics.

According to the post, Banerjee made allegations that I-PAC had "captured" the Trinamool Congress organisation and contributed to internal divisions during the election process.

It was claimed that assurances regarding party tickets had allegedly been g...