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.<\/p>\n
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\u2019t 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.<\/p>\n
\u201cI 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?\u201d she asked. Banerjee said that she won\u2019t ever \u201cbow down\u201d, and reminded that an \u201cinjured tiger\u201d is \u201cmore dangerous”. She appealed for peace, adding “may the unholy powers be destroyed and the good prevail\u201d.<\/p>\n
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: \u201cI was greeting people from the car\u2026 and a huge pressure came….and the car crushed my foot\u201d. She was rushed to Kolkata’s SSKM Hospital where she was admitted. Banerjee was discharged from hospital two days later, on Friday evening.<\/p>\n
Her party, the Trinamool Congress, has written to the Election Commission, alleging that an attempt was made on her life \u201cwithin 24 hours of the removal of the Bengal police chief\u201d 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\u2019s security protocol was not adhered to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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