Why is PK, chief of I-PAC in 2020, left out of probe, asks Trinamool
Times of India | 10 January 2026
Kolkata: Trinamool on Friday alleged that by targeting Pratik Jain, and not Prashant Kishor, the ED had shown whose interests it was serving.
Party spokesperson Arup Chakraborty said: "This ED complaint dates back to 2020. Who was at the helm of I-PAC then? It was Prashant Kishor. Then why is Pratik Jain being targeted by ED and not Kishor? The answer is simple. Jain is now helping Trinamool with its party strategy. And Kishor, with his Jan Suraaj party in Bihar, divided opposition votes, which helped BJP."
Chakraborty went on to add, "The cat is now out of the bag. ED's real target was Trinamool's candidate list, the party's strategy documents and SIR-related data. The ED complaint refers to events that took place in Goa, when Kishor was leading I-PAC."
While Trinamool's unease with Kishor was evident in 2021 after the party came to office for a third time, the party has never publicly spoken against the Jan Suraaj founder. Kishor parted ways with I-PAC to float his own party in Bihar.
CM Mamata Banerjee also briefly referred to Kishor in her speech on Friday at Hazra crossing. "When Narendra Modi became Prime Minister in 2014, I-PAC worked for him. Back then, Prashant Kishor was there. Now Prashant is not there. Pratik oversees it," the CM said.