West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday was admitted to Kolkata’s SSKM hospital for therapy after her claim that she was pushed by 4-5 folks, throughout her election marketing campaign in Nandigram. The Chief Minister alleged she was manhandled through the marketing campaign due to which she was injured in the left leg.
The incident occurred round 6.15 pm when Banerjee was about to depart Birulia space close to Reyapara after praying at an area temple.
“I was standing outside my car with the door open. I was praying from there on seeing a temple. Few people came around my car and pushed the door. The door hit my leg,” she stated.
Meanwhile, an eyewitness, a scholar gave an account of the incident that occurred in Nandigram which Mamata Banerjee stated was an assault on her. Speaking to ANI, eyewitness Suman Maity stated, “When CM came here, public gathered around her, at the time she got hurt in her neck and leg, not pushed, car was moving slowly.”
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While one other eyewitness Chitranjan Das, who was current at Nandigram’s Birulia the place WB CM suffered damage stated, “I was there, she (CM) was sitting inside her car but the door was open. The door closed after it touched a poster. Nobody pushed or hit…there was no one near the door.”Â
However, Banerjee alleged that she was pushed by four-five males whereas she was making an attempt to get into the automobile, following which fell flat on her face.
The chief minister stated that her leg bought swollen due to the damage and she or he was feeling feverish, in addition to having chest ache.
Pointing to her leg, she instructed reporters, “See how it has swollen.”
“Some people deliberately did it. Of course, it is a conspiracy. There were no local policemen around me, neither the district police superintendent was present at the spot,” she alleged.
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The chief minister additionally has extreme ache in the waist, TMC MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, who’s at current in Nandigram, stated.
Banerjee was seen being carried by her safety personnel to the backseat of her SUV from the entrance seat, which she often occupies throughout journey, as she was in ache. A white material was additionally wrapped round her injured leg.
The incident triggered a safety scare because the chief minister will get Z-plus safety.
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