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KOLKATA: Days after sustaining injuries during an election campaigning in Nandigram, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee will conduct a road show on a wheelchair from Gandhi Murti to Hazra here on Sunday.
With just a few days ahead of the assembly elections, Banerjee resorted to conducting campaigns on a wheelchair, she will be addressing a rally at Hazra today.
"We will continue to fight boldly! I'm still in a lot of pain, but I feel the pain of my people even more. In this fight to protect our revered land, we have suffered a lot and will suffer more but we will NEVER bow down to COWARDICE!" tweeted Banerjee.
The Chief Minister on March 10 who filed her nominations from Nandigram, alleged that she was "attacked" by a few unidentified people during her roadshow, following which she was injured. Later she was rushed to Kolkata's SSKM Hospital. As per medical reports, she sustained "severe bone injuries" on her left foot and ankle as well as bruises and injuries on her shoulder, forearm and neck. Soon after her treatment, she was discharged on March 12.
Following the incident, a delegation of the TMC met the Election Commission of India ECI and demanded a probe into the alleged attack.
Moreover, the opposition including the BJP and the Congress termed that the incident was made up and was an attempt to gain the sympathy of the people ahead of the polls. They further demanded a probe to clarify the matter.
Accordingly, EC sought a detailed report on the incident from the state government and appointed two poll observers for the state.
As per an initial report, sent by Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay stated that the cause of the incident at Nandigram was "not clear from the video grab" collected from the place. A second report was submitted on Saturday evening after the EC called the one submitted on Friday by the state administration "sketchy" and asked the state administration to furnish a detailed one.
However, the poll panel's special observers Vivek Dubey and Ajay Nayak have concluded that the injury to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram was "accidental".