Updated Mar 11, 2021 | 08:34 IST
Mamata, earlier on Wednesday, said that she was injured after being allegedly pushed by some unidentified people in Nandigram. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after her alleged accident in Nandigram on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: Twitter
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The incident took place in Birulia area when the Chief Minister concluded her campaigning programme in Nandigram to return to Reyapara
West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said that Mamata was resorting to theatrics since she was losing ground in the state
New Delhi: Barely hours after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that she was injured after getting attacked by “a few men” in Nandigram while on the campaign trail, West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury accused her of ‘
Read more about EC says TMC letter over Mamata injury full of insinuations and averments on Business Standard. The EC said at the outset, it needs to be stated that injuries sustained by Banerjee at Nandigram "is indeed an unfortunate incident and deserves to be inquired into with promptitude and dispatch."
In a video message released by the Trinamool Congress, Banerjee, who has since been confined to her hospital bed, can be seen requesting everyone for cooperation.
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Letters to the Editor March 12, 2021
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While the Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was quick to attribute her injuries to a conspiracy, many of the other political parties have dismissed it as a stunt, betraying a total lack of sensitivity. Such reactions are in absolutely poor taste and only reflect how low the political discourse has become.
S.K. Choudhury,
Need-based PDS
Undoubtedly, there are irregularities in the Public Distribution System (Editorial page, March 11). Currently, those once tagged with a BPL mark or included in the Annapoorna category avail governmental benefits without constraints. Periodical authentication of the income of such beneficiaries is crucial. Similarly, obtaining appropriate declarations from cardholders should be made mandatory to eliminate corruption. The current system of providing 35kg of free food grains per Annapoorna card holder without co