BJP Leaders Take A Dig At Mamata Banerjee After Supreme Court Issued Notice To Bengal CM.

Kolkata; January 2026: A day after the Supreme Court issued a notice to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata and stayed FIRs against ED officials over I-PAC raids, BJP leader Arjun Singh said that when any agency seizes any document during the raids, it becomes the government’s property and “they tried to snatch it away”.

On the Supreme Court issuing notices to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and police officers, Singh told reporters, “When any agency goes to seize any paper or document, it becomes the government’s property. They tried to snatch it away. If the Supreme Court does not immediately order the dismissal and arrest of the culprits in this case, the Constitution of India will not survive”.

Observing that offenders cannot be protected under the shield of law-enforcement agencies of a particular state, the Supreme Court on Thursday – 15th January 2026 have issued notice to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and senior state-police officials on pleas filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) alleging interference by state authorities during its search operations at the premises of political consultancy firm I-PAC under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

A Bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and A.G. Masih noted that if issues involving larger constitutional questions are left undecided, it could lead to a situation of lawlessness in states governed by different political outfits.

“Considering adherence of rule of law in the country and to allow each organ to function independently, it is necessary to examine the issue so that offenders are not allowed to be protected under the shield of law-enforcing agencies of a particular state. According to us, larger questions are involved and raised, which if allowed to remain undecided, would further worsen the situation, and there will be a situation of lawlessness prevailing in one or other state, considering that different outfits are governing at different places”, the Court observed.

The Court has also stayed an FIR registered by the West Bengal police against ED officials who had entered Bengal police against ED officials who had entered the I-PAC premises to conduct searches, after ED counsel sought interim protection. During the hearing, the Solicitor General of India (SGI) Tushar Mehta, appearing on behalf of ED, described the incident as reflecting a “shocking state of affairs” in West Bengal.

BJP leader Syed Shahnawaz Hussain yesterday has hit out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and said “she is going to lose” the 2026 Assembly elections. Speaking to media houses, Hussain said, “Mamata Banerjee knows that she is going to lose badly in the elections (West Bengal Assembly polls). Just as Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav had troubled everyone by accusing them of vote theft, Mamata Banerjee is similarly opposing SIR. She is going to lose completely in this election,

and BJP is going to win”.

BJP MLA Agnimitra Paul said that the court has “taught a good lesson” to the Chief Minister and “politics of lies” of the TMC chief stands exposed. Speaking to reporters, Paul said, “Today the court has taught West Bengal’s Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee a good lesson in the ED hearing. Mamata Banerjee has disgraced her position as Chief Minister. Today, the politics of lies of Mamata Banerjee stands exposed”.

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