Mamata ‘attacked’after filing nomination

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was allegedly attacked yesterday by about 4-5 people in Nandigram where she had gone to file her nomination for the upcoming Assembly elections, reports said.  

Sources said she has sustained injuries in her leg.

The accident occurred barely hours after she filed her nomination from Nandigram in Purba Medinipur district yesterday.

Mamata alleged that four-five men manhandled her in Barolia at Nandigram and she suffered an injury in her leg after being pushed. She also complained of chest pain. She was scheduled to return to Kolkata today. However, following the incident, the Trinamool supremo was rushed back to the state capital.

A dishevelled-looking Banerjee, sitting in the front seat of an SUV, spoke to the media just before her convoy left for Kolkata.

The Trinamool supremo had been contesting polls from her home seat Bhawanipore constituency, but this time chose Nandigram, a stronghold of Trinamool turn-coat Suvendu Adhikari who joined the BJP last year. A pitched battle is expected from the word go.

Meanwhile, two Bengali actors Rajshree Rajbanshi and Bonny Sengupta joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) yesterday. Another TMC MLA from the Tehatta Vidhan Sabha constituency Gaurishankar Dutta left the party to join the saffron fold.

Suvendu Adhikari's name was announced as BJP candidate from Nandigram seat on Saturday. He would be filing his nomination papers on March 12, said the sources.

Adhikari had joined the BJP in December last year. The rebel Trinamool leader had claimed earlier that he would defeat Banerjee by more than 50,000 votes in Nandigram.