Mamata Banerjee Accident News: Car of Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met an accident on Wednesday. According to preliminary media reports, the CM has been injured in the accident.
"Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee suffers injury after her car halts suddenly to avoid collision with a vehicle, " Officials said as quoted by news agency PTI.
The TMC leader said that she survived because the driver applied hand brakes. She also told people that she is not feeling well.
"I can sense a fever coming. I am also feeling cold...A vehicle suddenly came before my car. It was a speeding vehicle. I survived due to the applying of hand brakes and sustained an injury just on the head. Police will do their work. I will not go to the hospital. I am feeling cold, so I am going home," she was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
How accident took place?
According to a report, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee met with an accident while she was returning from a program in Burdwan. According to media reports, suddenly a police car came in front of her car and the driver slammed the brakes resulting in her hurting her head slightly.
Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee suffers injury after her car halts suddenly to avoid collision with vehicle: Officials
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) January 24, 2024
Notably, bad weather conditions prevented her helicopter flight, leading to the decision to travel to Kolkata by road.
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Meanwhile, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh, who is presently in Assam for Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, wished her a speedy recovery.
“We have just heard of the injury suffered by Mamata Banerjee ji in a car accident. We wish her a full and speedy recovery. The Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra is looking forward to entering West Bengal tomorrow late morning. January 26 and 27th being break days, the Yatra will resume on the 28th,” he posted on X.
Ramesh's message for Banerjee came amid a surprise announcement by the chief minister to go alone in the state in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Banerjee's remarks caught the grand old party off guard, prompting it to state that “no one can imagine the existence of the opposition INDIA bloc without the TMC supremo."
(With agency inputs)