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Mamata Banerjee slips and falls while boarding helicopter in Paschim Bardhaman’s Durgapur

West Bengal CM was on way to Kulti for an election rally when the incident happened

West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee arrives for a public meeting at Ghatal in Paschim Medinipur.PTI

Kolkata, April 27

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee lost her balance and fell while boarding a helicopter in Durgapur in Paschim Bardhaman district on Saturday afternoon.

She was on the way to Kulti for an election rally when the incident happened.

“The CM fell inside the helicopter after losing her balance while she was trying to sit. She is fine,” a senior officer, who was accompanying Banerjee, told PTI.

Following the incident, she flew to Kulti and addressed a rally in support of TMC’s Asansol candidate Shatrughan Sinha.

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