ED vs Mamata Banerjee Face-Off: Fight For Truth Or Tricks?

Today, when the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, took her political fight with the ED out of the courtrooms to the streets of Kolkata. She aimed to strengthen not just her position as a street fighter-something she has been all her life-but also to draw attention to what she calls the rights of a state and the alleged misuse of agencies by the BJP. That's what she claimed, just a day after barging into the residence of IPAC director and co-founder Pratik Jain, who was raided by the ED on charges of association with money laundering cases. 

Now, the BJP has lashed out strongly at the Chief Minister, saying she is undermining institutional processes and has hijacked institutions. How will this controversy shape the political battle we're going to witness in this state in the months to come? Is this a dangerous precedent of regional leaders taking on investigating agencies, or just a battle of narratives—or a test of institutions?