On January 9, 2026, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee led a significant protest rally in Kolkata, reacting to a dramatic confrontation with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) the previous day. The ED had conducted raids at the Kolkata office of the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) and the residence of its director, Pratik Jain, as part of a money laundering probe linked to an alleged coal smuggling scam. During the raids on January 8, CM Banerjee intervened, accusing the central agency of attempting to seize her party's internal documents, hard disks, and election strategies. The ED, however, alleged that Banerjee obstructed their investigation and removed key evidence from the premises. In a fiery public statement, Mamata Banerjee criticized the central government and notably referred to Union Home Minister Amit Shah as 'naughty' and 'nastiest,' accusing him of misusing central agencies to intimidate political opponents ahead of the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections. Adding to the political drama, on the same day as Banerjee's rally, several Trinamool Congress (TMC) Members of Parliament, including Mahua Moitra and Derek O'Brien, staged a protest outside Union Home Minister Amit Shah's office in Delhi. These MPs were subsequently detained by Delhi Police, with reports indicating they were forcibly removed from the protest site. Concurrently, the ED moved the Calcutta High Court, seeking judicial intervention and even a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe against CM Mamata Banerjee for allegedly obstructing their search operations. This series of events highlights heightened political tensions between the ruling TMC in West Bengal and the central government.