Mamata Banerjee treated for several injuries after an alleged attack in Nandigram

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Kolkata, Mar 11, 2021:      Preliminary medical tests conducted on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee late on Wednesday night detected severe bone injuries in her left ankle and foot, and injuries in the right shoulder, forearm, and neck, a senior doctor of the state-run SSKM hospital said.

 

Doctors at the hospital decided to closely monitor Banerjee, who has been complaining of chest pain and breathlessness since the alleged attack at Nandigram in Purba Medinipore district earlier in the evening.

The Trinamool Congress chief has a slight fever and has been shifted to a special ward at the hospital’s VVIP Woodburn Block soon after the MRI at the Bangur Institute of Neurosciences.
Doctors conducted an x-ray on the chief minister as soon as she was taken there from Nandig

ram in Purba Medinipur district on Wednesday night.

Banerjee sustained injuries on her left leg and waist as she fell on the ground after she was allegedly pushed by unknown miscreants while campaigning for assembly elections in Nandigram.

Banerjee was seen being carried by her security personnel to the backseat of her SUV from the front seat, which she usually occupies during travel, as she was in pain. A white cloth was also wrapped around her injured leg. The incident triggered a security scare as the chief minister gets Z-plus protection.

The chief minister’s nephew and TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee, Rajya Sabha MP Derek O’Brien, and state ministers Partha Chatterjee, Firhad Hakim and Sujit Bose were present at the hospital, besides scores of party supporters who were shouting slogans against the BJP.

Governor Jagdeep Dhakhankhar also visited the hospital but faced ’go-back’ chants from the TMC supporters.

Trinamool Congress supporters took to the streets across the state to protest against the alleged attack, blocking roads, burning tyres and raising slogans blaming the BJP.

Protests were held in different areas of Kolkata, including Chetla and Sovabazar. Besides, demonstrations were also held in Howrah, Bankura, Jalpaiguri, Paschim Bardhaman, Paschim Medinipur and North 24 Parganas, among others.

Earlier, Banerjee had filed her nomination to contest the ensuing assembly elections from the Nandigram seat.

Opposition leaders cry foul over injury claims

The BJP alleged that Banerjee was trying to turn a ’simple accident’ into a ’pre-planned conspiracy’, and demanded a CBI investigation.

State Congress president Adhir Chowdhury said such ’tactics to gain sympathy’ would not work this time.

“Mamata Banerjee is the police minister of the state and if she is not safe then she should immediately resign from the post,” he said.

CPI(M) candidate from Nandigram Minakshi Mukherjee wished her a speedy recovery, but asserted that ’people would not be fooled this time’.

The Election Commission has sought a report from the state police on the alleged attack.

Several leaders from across the country condemned the alleged attack on the chief minister.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that those responsible should be immediately arrested and punished.

Bihar’s opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav said that those responsible should not be spared as he asserted that the West Bengal police is now under the control of the Election Commission.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav also condemned the incident.
West Bengal will be voting in eight phases, starting March 27. The votes will be counted on May 2.