Mamata Banerjee assault: Will be again quickly, says CM; TMC blames EC for safety lapse, stays manifesto launch

Appealing to occasion employees and supporters to take care of peace, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who was injured after being allegedly pushed by some unknown miscreants in Nandigram, stated Thursday that she would resume work presumably in two to 3 days.
“I’m hoping I can get back to my daily schedule after 2 or 3 day. But owing to the condition of my leg, there would be a problem but I will manage it. I won’t cancel any of my meetings… I might have to travel on a wheelchair in order to do it,” she was seen saying in a video message on Facebook.
“I am appealing to all to remain clam and maintain peace. I ask all to please refrain from doing anything that would cause problem to common man,” Mamata additional stated.
Explaining her situation from the hospital the place she has been admitted to, Mamata stated, “I have injured my leg, on the ligament. I also have pain in my chest, and my head was hurting yesterday after being injured.” “Yesterday I was standing on the bonnet and greeting people, when suddenly there was huge pressure from the crowd, and my leg got trapped under my car,” she stated.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been hospitalised after she was reportedly injured on Wednesday night when a couple of folks allegedly pushed her, moreover banging on her the door of her automobile throughout her marketing campaign in Nandigram, from the place she additionally filed her nomination for the upcoming meeting elections. The CM was instantly rushed to the state-run SSKM hospital, the place the medical doctors treating her have stated that she has suffered extreme bone accidents in her left ankle and foot and delicate accidents in her proper shoulder, forearm and neck. Although her situation is said to be “stable”, the medical doctors are planning to conduct a collection of medical exams, together with a CT scan, to evaluate the diploma of her damage.
The incident occurred round 6.15 pm when Banerjee was about to go away Birulia space close to Reyapara after praying at a neighborhood 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 had advised reporters yesterday.
Injured West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee arrives at SSKM hospital in Kolkata. (Express Photo by Partha Paul)
With the meeting elections across the nook, the West Bengal CM and her Trinamool Congress occasion have claimed a conspiracy whereas the BJP alleged that this was “tactics to gain sympathy.”
“This is a conspiracy. Some people intentionally pushed me. No administration was there to protect me. The police superintendent was also not there. They basically came here to hurt me. I have decided to return to Kolkata right now,” stated Banerjee, who seen appeared shaken and in ache.
Meanwhile, the Election Commission has sought a report from West Bengal Chief Secretary Allapan Bandyopadhyay, its normal observer Ajay Naik and particular police observer Vivek Dubey on the incident by 5pm Friday.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee admitted at SSKM hospital after struggling accidents throughout her Nandigram go to on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. (PTI Photo)
Following the assault, Trinamool Congress supporters took to the streets throughout the state to protest towards the alleged assault, blocking roads, burning tyres and elevating slogans blaming the BJP. Protests had been held in several areas of Kolkata, together with Chetla and Sovabazar. Besides, demonstrations had been additionally held in Howrah, Bankura, Jalpaiguri, Paschim Bardhaman, Paschim Medinipur and North 24 Parganas, amongst others. The ruling occasion activists took to the streets andburnt tyres to protest towards her political conspirators in Nadigram’s Birulia Bazar space the place Banerjee sustained accidents.
A scuffle additionally broke out between the Trinamool Congress activists and a gaggle of BJP employees within the Birulia space Thursday morning however the scenario was quickly introduced below management.
A case has been registered in reference to the assault on the chief minister, following a grievance lodged by TMC chief Sheikh Sufian. The case was lodged below IPC sections 341 (punishment for wrongful restraint) and 323 (punishment for voluntarily inflicting harm), a senior police officer of the Purba Medinipur district advised PTI.
Today morning, senior district officers visited the world in Nandigram the place the incident occurred and likewise spoke to eye-witnesses, moreover in search of any CCTV put in within the space to establish the precise sequence of occasions.
The TMC has slammed the Election Commission for failing to offer safety to Mamata Banerjee and demanded the ballot physique to take accountability for the assault. Accusing the EC of appearing “as per orders” of the BJP leaders, a three-member TMC delegation after assembly the EC officers in Kolkata at this time, alleged that the “Election Commission did nothing despite there being reports of a possible attack on Banerjee” including that “The law and order situation in Bengal was good. But, after the announcement of elections, law and order become the responsibility of the EC.”
“The EC removed DGP of the state police and the very next day she was attacked,” TMC secretary-general Partha Chatterjee stated.

The delegation has additionally registered a grievance into the incident and demanded a radical investigation.
In one other growth within the wake of the assault on Mamata, the Trinamool Congress has postponed the discharge of its manifesto for the upcoming elections in West Bengal. Party chief, Mamata Banerjee was scheduled to launch the manifesto Thursday afternoon at her residence in Kalighat. However, a senior TMC chief stated the manifesto won’t launched with out the CM. “The manifesto release has been postponed for the time being. It will be released after Mamata Banerjee gets well and is back home. Although our manifesto is ready, there is no question of releasing it without her.”
Meanwhile, a delegation of BJP leaders at this time visited the SSKM Hospital in Kolkata the place the chief minister Mamata is present process therapy. However, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, who additionally visited the hospital Wednesday night time to examine on her well being, needed to face “go-back” slogans from the TMC supporters.
Several leaders from throughout the nation have condemned the alleged assault on the Bengal CM.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal referred to as for quick arrest of the accused, whereas Bihar’s opposition chief Tejashwi Yadav stated that these accountable shouldn’t be spared as he asserted that the West Bengal police is now below the management of the Election Commission. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav additionally condemned the incident.
Mamata is pitted towards her former confidante Suvendu Adhikari, who joined the BJP a while in the past, within the Nandigram constituency that may go to ballot on April 1 within the second part. The eight-phased elections to the 294 seats in West Bengal shall be held between March 27 and April 29. The outcomes shall be declared on May 2.
With PTI inputs