'Worked for BJP, Congress, AAP, TMC': I-PAC issues statements after ED raids

NEW DELHI: Political consultancy steadfast Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) has termed the Enforcement Directorate raids an "unsettling precedent". The probe bureau condicted searches astatine I-PAC offices and the residence of its director, Pratik Jain, successful Kolkata a time before, successful transportation with a ember smuggling-linked wealth laundering case.In a connection connected Friday, the steadfast categorically stated that it had worked for parties including "across ideologies" including BJP, Congress and AAP among others."Yesterday, officials from the Enforcement Directorate carried retired searches astatine the I-PAC bureau and astatine the residence of our Director, Pratik Jain, successful Kolkata. It was hard and unfortunate time for a nonrecreational organisation similar I-PAC. We judge this raises superior concerns and sets an unsettling precedent.

Regardless, we person extended afloat practice and volition proceed to bash truthful arsenic required, engaging with the process successful implicit accordance and respect for the law," the connection said.

"Over the years, I-PAC has worked successful a nonrecreational advisory capableness with aggregate governmental parties crossed ideologies and regions, including the Bharatiya Janata Party, Indian National Congress, Aam Aadmi Party, All India Trinamool Congress, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, YSR Congress Party, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (now BRS), Janata Dal (United), Shiv Sena among others.

We bash not contention elections oregon clasp governmental office.

Our relation is constricted to transparent and nonrecreational governmental consulting, uninfluenced by differences successful governmental ideology," it further said.High play unfolded aft the ED carried retired searches astatine the Salt Lake bureau of governmental consultancy steadfast I-PAC and the Kolkata residence of its laminitis Pratik Jain, on with different locations successful West Bengal and Delhi, successful transportation with a ember scam-linked wealth laundering probe. The ED alleged that main curate Mamata Banerjee interfered during the raids, removed integer devices and cardinal documents with constabulary support, and forced officials to terminate the searches without making immoderate seizures. The bureau besides claimed that astir Rs 20 crore successful hawala funds from alleged ember pilferage were routed to I-PAC and has sought tribunal protection, including safeguards against tampering with seized information and alleviation from FIRs filed against its officials.