Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday alleged that she had been attacked in Nandigram, mere hours after she filed nomination papers for the Assembly elections, while she was getting into her car after offering prayers at a local temple.

She was seen talking to reporters about what she said was an attack by four or five people.

#WATCH West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram says she has suffered an injury in her leg after few people pushed her when she was near her car pic.twitter.com/D1l00MU7xw

— ANI (@ANI) March 10, 2021

Later, a local eye-witness told ANI that “Nobody pushed or hit… there was no one near the door.”

Eyewitness Chitranjan Das who was present at Nandigram's Birulia where WB CM suffered injury says, "I was there, she (CM) was sitting inside her car but the door was open. The door closed after it touched a poster. Nobody pushed or hit...there was no one near the door." (ANI) pic.twitter.com/HYRRSFwH6v

— The Times Of India (@timesofindia) March 10, 2021

When news of all this hit Twitter, many of the public seemed to think that she was... kind of overacting.

And the Oscar goes to#MamtaBanerjee pic.twitter.com/KZbom2rV6b

— Amit (@amithkkumar) March 10, 2021

This 21 second video is amazing, it shows how a almost fainting person can suddenly regain energy.#MamtaBanerjee pic.twitter.com/6SEicWr38u

— Manish🇮🇳 (@manibhaii16) March 10, 2021

She's resorted to what she does best. Street politics. Going to be tough to beat her at that. https://t.co/vDgtuy4fZk

— Vj_Sparrow (@vj_sparrow) March 10, 2021

The Great Indian Political Drama begins!
Grab some popcorn too! #MamtaBanerjee pic.twitter.com/cUAE9Yxo2z

— Bharti 🇮🇳 (@SoulfulBharti) March 10, 2021

Despite all this, the Bengal CM is currently in Kolkata’s SSKM hospital, where a senior doctor told PTI that she has sustained “severe bone injuries in her left ankle and foot, and injuries in her right shoulder, forearm and neck.”

“A temporary plaster was done on her left ankle and she will undergo several blood tests this morning. Her ECG report was fine. Banerjee is stable now. She will be under observation for the next 48 hours,” they said. “A CT scan may be conducted during the day. We will again examine her and decide on our next course of treatment. Her fever subsided.”

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