Mamata Banerjee in hospital for injuries to her ankle, right shoulder, neck

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday said that she was targeted by a group of “four or five people, who pushed her” outside a temple in Nadigram where she had stopped to offer prayers, causing injuries to her right leg and head. She is currently admitted to the SSKM hospital. Sharing an image of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in a hospital bed with her leg in a cast after she was allegedly attacked in Nandigram, TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee warned BJP to brace itself for the upcoming Assembly polls. (PTI)

Preliminary medical tests conducted on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee late on Wednesday night detected severe bone injuries in her left ankle and foot, and injuries in right shoulder, forearm and neck, a senior doctor of the state-run SSKM hospital said.

Doctors at the hospital have decided to closely monitor Banerjee, who has been complaining of chest pain and breathlessness since the alleged attack at Nandigram, for the next 48 hours.

Shortly after the incident, Banerjee cut short her visit to Nandigram and returned to Kolkata, where she was admitted to the SSKM Hospital. The Chief Minister and her Trinamool Congress party alleged a conspiracy while the BJP alleged that this was “tactics to gain sympathy.” (PTI)

Sources said the Election Commission has sought a report from West Bengal Chief Secretary Allapan Bandyopadhyay, its general observer Ajay Naik and special police observer Vivek Dubey on the incident by 5pm Friday. The incident took place around 6.15 pm when Banerjee was about to leave Birulia Bazar area near Reyapara after offering prayers at a local temple. She alleged that after coming out of the temple, as she was about to get into her car, four or five people suddenly pushed her. Her right leg got trapped in the car door and she fell down, she said. “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,” Banerjee said. Police said Banerjee fell down due to an altercation in the crowd that had gathered around her.(PTI)

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar went to the SSKM hospital to see the injured Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, in Kolkata, Wednesday. Dhankhar had to face “go back” slogans outside the hospital. (PTI)

TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee (R) while waiting for the arrival of injured Mamata Banerjee, at the SSKM hospital in Kolkata, Wednesday. (PTI)

Mamata Banerjee, filed her nomination for the upcoming legislative assembly elections from the Nandigram Constituency at Haldia, west of Kolkata, Wednesday. The eight phased legislative assembly elections in the state are scheduled to begin on March 27. (AP Photo)

“Some people want to divide Nandigram 70-30 (ratio of Hindu, Muslim population), but I need 100 per cent support… No one can divide this place along religious lines,” said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday after filing her nomination from the Assembly seat. (PTI)

Accompanied by state TMC chief Subrata Bakshi and local party leaders, Banerjee had reached Haldia Sub-Divisional Officer’s office in the afternoon after holding a roadshow that was attended by thousands of her supporters from Nandigram and other parts of Purba Medinipur district. (AP)