‘False propaganda’: Suvendu questions Mamata’s 2021 Nandigram leg injury claim
West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari alleged that former CM Mamata Banerjee misrepresented the leg injury she reportedly sustained while campaigning in Nandigram and said it would be investigated.
3 min readKolkataUpdated: Oct 3, 2026 03:59 PM IST
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari during his visit to Rejinagar in Murshidabad district on Thursday. (Photo: PTI) Mamata Banerjee after being injured in Nandigram in 2021. (File Photo)
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday alleged that former chief minister Mamata Banerjee had misrepresented her leg injury while campaigning in Nandigram ahead of the 2021 Assembly election, citing a medical report that he said found “no evidence of fracture or dislocation”.
“The CID is investigating. Once the election code is lifted, we will investigate this false propaganda,” Adhikari said, addressing a press conference at Nabanna. The Model Code of Conduct is in force due to the bypolls scheduled to be held in Nandigram and Rejinagar on October 6, with counting on October 9.
“In 2021, the then chief minister insulted entire Nandigram. It was said that her leg had been broken. I have the report of the Bangur Institute of Neurosciences dated 11.03.2021…no evidence of fracture or dislocation of the leg. I am not saying anything more about this. We will inform you after the 9th,” Adhikari said, pointing to a document.
On Friday, addressing a gathering at Birulia Bazaar in Nandigram II block—the same area where Banerjee was injured in March 2021—Adhikari said, “I went to the SSKM Hospital after becoming the chief minister. I am the president of the hospital committee since it falls under the jurisdiction of Bhabanipur (Assembly seat), from where I am an elected representative.”
“The X-ray plate is handed over to the patient concerned, but a copy of the report remains with the hospital. I now have that paper in my possession. She (Mamata Banerjee) was the chief minister then. Her doctors had written ‘no fracture’,” he added.
What happened in 2021?
On March 10, 2021, Banerjee, the then chief minister, had sustained injuries to her left leg and waist in the Reyapara area of Birulia in Nandigram during her election campaign. She had alleged that “four-five men” slammed the door of the car on whose footboard she was standing to greet people.
In a subsequent video message from the hospital, she recounted that the massive crowd pressed into her car while she was greeting supporters, causing her leg to get crushed and injured. She was officially diagnosed with severe bone and ligament injuries to her left ankle and foot, along with bruising and pain in her right shoulder, forearm, neck, and waist and was rushed back to Kolkata and admitted to the state-run SSKM Hospital.
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Following extensive tests, Banerjee was discharged on March 12, 2021, with her left foot in a cast and continued her subsequent campaign in a wheelchair.
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