“Pushed By 4-5 Men”: Mamata Banerjee Injured, Taken To Kolkata Hospital

New Delhi:

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee mentioned she was attacked immediately whereas in Nandigram, the place she had gone to file her nomination for the approaching elections. The Chief Minister mentioned she was pushed by 4 or 5 individuals at a time when there was no police personnel round her.

Visuals from the spot confirmed safety guards lifting and putting her on the backseat of a automotive. The 66-year-old — who has sustained many an damage earlier, most notably in 1991 when she was attacked by CPM goons  — appeared pale, visibly shaken and in a lot ache.

The incident happened close to Reyapara when Ms Banerjee was on approach again from a temple go to. The Chief Minister advised reporters that she was pushed by 4 or 5 males whereas she was attempting to get into her automotive. Pointing to her leg, she added, “See how it’s swelling up”.
Requested if it was a deliberate assault, she mentioned, “In fact it’s a conspiracy… there have been no policemen round me”.

Ms Banerjee — who was anticipated to spend the night time in Nandigram — returned instantly to Kolkata, round 130 km away, the place she was taken to a hospital.

The assault got here a day after the Election Fee changed the Director Basic of Bengal Police, Mr Virender, amid considerations of violence voiced the loudest by the BJP. An IPS officer of the 1987 batch, P Nirajnayan, has been named the brand new police chief.  The Fee has requested for a report on the assault on the Chief Minister. The report must be submitted by Friday.

Nandigram would be the website of the most important battle within the state elections that start by the tip of this month. The Chief Minister has been challenged by her erstwhile aide Suvendu Adhikari, who’s now representing the BJP.

Dubbed “outsider” by the supporters of Mr Adhikari — who gained the Nandigram seat in 2016 — she had been campaigning relentlessly within the space, which had helped her come to energy following the agitation in opposition to farmland acquisition.  

The BJP, which had blamed the Trinamool after its chief JP Nadda’s convoy got here beneath assault in Bengal in December, known as immediately’s incident a political stunt by the ruling get together.  

“Is it Taliban that her convoy was attacked? Large police power accompanies her. Who can get close to her?” mentioned state BJP vice-president Arjun Singh. “4 IPS officers are her safety in-charge and have to be suspended. Attackers do not seem out of nowhere, they must be nabbed… She did drama for sympathy,” he added.

Elections in Bengal, set to be a stiff contest between the Trinamool and the BJP, will likely be held in eight phases, starting with polling for 30 seats on March 27. The counting of votes will likely be held on Could 2.