'Won’t let employees lose jobs': Mamata Banerjee defends I-PAC, accuses BJP of intimidation

Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday lashed out at BJP for targeting its political consultancy firm, I-PAC, as she claimed that the organisation was being intimidated. Banerjee also hit out at PM Narendra Modi over the issue of women's reservation, asserting that "we defeated him unitedly".

Banerjee said that she will not allow a single employee to lose their jobs and they will be accommodated, if necessary, into her political party fold. This comes amid reports that I-PAC, whose co-founder Vinesh Chandel was arrested recently by ED, had reportedly decided to temporarily suspend all its operations in West Bengal for 20 days.

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Trinamool dismissed these claims, calling them baseless and a deliberate attempt to create confusion on the ground. Addressing a poll rally in Tarakeswar, Banerjee said, "They raid our offices through ED every day. They have fifty organisations. We have only one." I-PAC has been closely associated with the Trinamool's election campaigns since 2021.

DELIMITATION

Banerjee hit back at PM Modi over women's reservation, claiming that "we defeated him unitedly". "Modi will be defeated if Lok Sabha polls are held with 543 seats. That is why he wanted to increase the number of seats to over 850. In the coming days, he will be defeated again. He wanted to divide the country. It is now a minority government," Banerjee claimed.

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"Women's reservation bill was passed in 2023. All of us supported it. It received more than 450 votes. Why has that bill not been implemented yet? Don't you dare spread lies against us," she said. Banerjee further alleged that the real objective behind delimitation was to break the country. "You had planned to divide Bengal," she said.