Trinamool Congress (TMC) Member of Parliament Mahua Moitra, alongside several other party MPs, was detained by Delhi Police on Friday, January 9, 2026, during a protest staged outside the office of Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the national capital. The demonstration was a strong condemnation of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids conducted a day prior at the Kolkata office of the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) and the residence of its chief. I-PAC, a political consultancy firm, is closely associated with the Trinamool Congress's election strategy. Visuals from the protest site captured dramatic scenes, showing Mahua Moitra being physically carried away by police personnel as she vociferously shouted, 'Shame, shame, shame!' Moitra, along with other detained TMC leaders including Derek O'Brien, accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Central government of misusing federal investigative agencies like the ED for political vendetta, particularly ahead of upcoming elections in West Bengal. She alleged that the ED was being used as a 'lootera' (looter) to illegally access sensitive political and strategic information belonging to the TMC. The TMC's protest in Delhi came shortly after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee herself intervened during the ED raids in Kolkata, claiming that officials were attempting to seize crucial party documents. The party shared images and statements, slamming the Union government for what they described as an 'undemocratic' and 'unconstitutional' assault on their right to protest. The detained MPs were transported to Parliament Street Police Station, intensifying the political confrontation between the ruling BJP and the TMC.