West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met injured BJP MP Khagen Murmu at a private hospital in Siliguri. The chief minister assured him of the full support of her government.
While talking to reporters, Mamata Banerjee said she had received all the details about Murmu. His blood sugar level is high and needs to be controlled. She said she wished him a speedy recovery.
Murmu was reportedly attacked by some local persons while he was visiting flood-affected areas in Jalpaiguri’s Dooars region in West Bengal on October 6 to oversee relief and rescue operations, whereupon, he sustained serious injuries to the head. Along with Murmu, West Bengal MLA Shankar Ghosh also alleged he was attacked while distributing relief materials.
On Monday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for politicising the recent floods and landslides in North Bengal, calling it “unfortunate and deeply concerning.”
In a post on X, Banerjee accused the Prime Minister of blaming the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the state government without verified evidence or a proper investigation.
“It is unfortunate and deeply concerning that the Prime Minister of India has chosen to politicise a natural disaster without waiting for a proper investigation, especially while people in North Bengal are grappling with the aftermath of devastating floods and landslides,” she said on X.
CM Banerjee highlighted that while the state administration and police are focused on relief and rescue operations, BJP leaders visited the affected areas with a large convoy of cars and central security forces, without informing local authorities. She questioned how the state administration, police, or TMC could be held responsible under such circumstances.
She further wrote, “The PM has blamed the TMC and the West Bengal Government outright without a shred of verified evidence, legal inquiry, or administrative report. This is not just a political low, it is a breach of the constitutional ethos the Prime Minister has sworn to uphold. In any democracy, the law must take its own course, and only due process can determine culpability – not a tweet from a political pulpit. The incident occurred in a constituency where the people themselves have elected a BJP MLA. Yet the Prime Minister sees no contradiction in painting the incident as a reflection of TMC’s so-called “strongmanship.” Such sweeping, unsubstantiated generalisations are not only immature, but also, they are unbecoming of the highest office in the land.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a sharp attack on Trinamool Congress in West Bengal after BJP MLA and MP were allegedly attacked in North Bengal, saying it showed an “absolutely pathetic law and order” situation in the state.
