Mamata Banerjee holds rally in Kolkata, says she will campaign across Bengal on wheelchair
She said she won't bow down.
West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Sunday announced that she will travel across the state and hold rallies and meetings sitting on a wheelchair. Sunday was the first time she stepped out after her injury in Nandigram on March 10.
She held a rally sitting on the wheelchair today from Mayo Road to Hazra in Kolkata. Her leg in a cast, Banerjee announced that she was not afraid and won’t bow down before anyone. Thousands of people and party workers accompanied her in the rally. The 66-year-old was injured in Nandigram of East Midnapore on March 10, after she filed her nomination to contest from the seat.
“I am hurt, but my goal remains. My body is full of bruises, but I will continue to travel across West Bengal on this wheelchair. If I go on bed rest, who will reach out to the people of the state?” she asked. Banerjee said that she won’t ever “bow down”, and reminded that an “injured tiger” is “more dangerous”. She appealed for peace, adding “may the unholy powers be destroyed and the good prevail”.
In Nandigram on March 10, she had initially said she was pushed by four or five people against her car and had the door shut on her. However, later, from the hospital bed, she had a video message recorded in which she said: “I was greeting people from the car… and a huge pressure came….and the car crushed my foot”. She was rushed to Kolkata’s SSKM Hospital where she was admitted. Banerjee was discharged from hospital two days later, on Friday evening.
Her party, the Trinamool Congress, has written to the Election Commission, alleging that an attempt was made on her life “within 24 hours of the removal of the Bengal police chief” by the EC. Subsequently, the EC said that there is no evidence that Banerjee was attacked. The EC said it was an accident and the CM’s security protocol was not adhered to.
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