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Shubhadeep Choudhury

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, March 12

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banergee was today discharged from the SSKM Hospital in Kolkata after having spent two nights there following an injury sustained by her during her tour of Nandigram on Wednesday from where she is contesting the Assembly poll.

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In Delhi, a TMC parliamentary delegation led by Saugata Roy (Lok Sabha) and Derek O’Brien (Rajya Sabha) met the Election Commission and sought an “unbiased” investigation while reiterating that the “attack” on Mamata was a “deep-rooted conspiracy”.

While Mamata claimed on Wednesday that she was injured when four or five men slammed her vehicle door on her, opposition parties have refused to accept her story. They cited eyewitness accounts about the vehicle door slamming shut on her after hitting an iron pillar.

After being discharged, a pale looking Mamata emerged from the hospital on a wheelchair being pushed by hospital staff.

The Chief Minister has already said though she would have to use wheelchair for some time, she would not miss any of her public meetings.

Desperate to counter the TMC charge of assault on Mamata, a BJP delegation consisting of senior party leaders including Bhupender Yadav, Piyush Goyal, Swapan Dasgupta and Sambit Patra met the Election Commission here on Friday evening and urged the ECI to order a special probe to unearth the “real story” regarding what exactly happened on Wednesday evening.

In Delhi, the TMC parliamentary delegation sought investigation into the “attack”. It even cited a dig made by the PM at Mamata saying her Scooty could meet with an accident.