Mamata Banerjee asked a pertinent question on a day income-tax raids were carried out on M.K. Stalin’s relative in Tamil Nadu.

“Why do the raids take place only in Opposition-ruled states? Why can’t the income-tax department conduct such raids in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar or Madhya Pradesh (all BJP-ruled states)? Is the income-tax department, the CBI or the ED suffering from Covid (and thus can’t act in these states)?” Mamata asked.

The chief minister said in north Bengal: “I have been in touch with the DMK leaders since the morning. I spoke to Stalin…. The raids are part of a standard strategy of the BJP to use one or the other central agency against its opponents. We have seen it in Bengal too.”