Condemnation, ‘Drama’ Tweets After Mamata Banerjee Says She Was Attacked

New Delhi:

Political leaders have tweeted to sentence an incident wherein West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee mentioned she was injured within the leg whereas campaigning for the state election in Nandigram, from the place the Trinamool Congress chief is contesting.

Ms Banerjee mentioned she was attacked by four or five people at a time when there was no police officer round her. In visuals, the Chief Minister is seen holding her ankle whereas sitting on the entrance seat of a automotive.

“I unequivocally condemn the cowardly & despicable assault on @MamataOfficial ji by goons. PS-WB police is now managed by EC which is directed by BJP. Nation is aware of tht ppl who hv no perception in democracy can stoop to any stage to vent their frustration of preventing a misplaced battle. I want @MamataOfficial ji a speedy restoration! These behind this assault should not be spared,” Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Tejashwi Yadav tweeted.

I unequivocally condemn the cowardly & despicable assault on @MamataOfficial ji by goons.

PS-WB police is now managed by EC which is directed by BJP.

Nation is aware of tht ppl who hv no perception in democracy can stoop to any stage to vent their frustration of preventing a misplaced battle.

— Tejashwi Yadav (@yadavtejashwi) March 10, 2021

Congress chief Abhijit Mukherjee tweeted, “I want @MamataOfficial Didi a speedy restoration. These behind this should not be spared. Didi, you have got powerful battle to struggle forward & you’ll certainly emerge victorious! My superb needs for you and once more want you a speedy restoration.”

I want @MamataOfficial Didi a speedy restoration ! These behind this should not be spared .
Didi , You’ve powerful battle to struggle forward & You’ll certainly emerge victorious !
My superb needs for You & once more want you a speedy restoration ????

— Abhijit Mukherjee (@ABHIJIT_LS) March 10, 2021

“I strongly condemn the assault on Mamta Didi. These accountable needs to be instantly arrested and punished. I pray for her speedy restoration,” Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted.

Chief of the Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Chowdhury mentioned Ms Banerjee was attempting to “achieve sympathy” earlier than the election. “She deliberate this drama earlier than the election after sensing difficulties in Nandigram. She is just not solely a Chief Minister, however a ‘police mantra’ too. Are you able to consider that there was no police with the ‘police mantri’?” Mr Chowdhury informed ANI.

The BJP additionally claimed that Ms Banerjee was not attacked and she or he was “doing drama for sympathy”. “Is it Taliban that her convoy was attacked? Enormous police drive accompanies her. Who can get close to her? 4 IPS officers are her safety in-charge and have to be suspended. Attackers do not seem out of nowhere, they’ve to be arrested. She did drama for sympathy,” Bengal BJP vp Arjun Singh informed information company ANI.

The BJP alleged Ms Banerjee was attempting to show a “easy accident” right into a conspiracy, and demanded a CBI investigation. “It may possibly occur that she met with an accident however to assert that she was intentionally pushed is just not acceptable. She has loads of safety personnel guarding her around the clock,” BJP nationwide normal secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya informed information company PTI.

Ms Banerjee is pitted in Nandigram towards her former aide Suvendu Adhikari, who converted to the BJP earlier than the election dates have been introduced.

Ms Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress faces an enormous problem from the BJP this time, with the rival celebration deploying its full may of high leaders together with Prime Minister Narendra Modi of their Bengal marketing campaign.

The Bengal election will happen over eight rounds and 33 days in a marathon schedule that the Trinamool alleges was stretched on instructions from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and different high BJP leaders.