West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee Sustains 'Major Injury', Discharged From Hospital After Stitches On Forehead

The TMC in a tweet confirmed that the Bengal CM "sustained a major injury" and urged people to remember her in prayers.

The TMC confirmed that Mamata Banerjee "sustained a major injury".

Source : PTI

TMC on Thursday said its chairperson and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sustained "a major injury."

The TMC in a tweet confirmed that the Bengal CM "sustained a major injury" and urged people to remember her in prayers.

Our chairperson @MamataOfficial sustained a major injury.
Please keep her in your prayers 🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/gqLqWm1HwE

— All India Trinamool Congress (@AITCofficial) March 14, 2024

“Our chairperson @MamataOfficial sustained a major injury. Please keep her in your prayers,” the party posted on X along with pictures of Banerjee bleeding from her forehead.

The accident took place in her home and she has been admitted at SSKM hospital in Kolkata.

According to a report in PTI, Mamata fell inside her Kalighat home in south Kolkata after she returned after attending a programme.

TMC national general secretary and Mamata's nephew Abhishek Banerjee got her admitted to the hospital, according to party sources.  

She fell somewhere inside the home and was immediately shifted to the hospital. She was bleeding from the forehead and stitches were required, her brother Kartik Banerjee reportedly said.  

#WATCH | West Bengal CM and TMC chairperson Mamata Banerjee shifted being brought out of SSKM Hospital, in Kolkata.

Party says that she sustained "a major injury" on her head. pic.twitter.com/vFfqnZXXd1

— ANI (@ANI) March 14, 2024

The TMC supremo underwent a few stitches and medical tests in a government-run hospital in Kolkata before doctors found her stable to be discharged. She was then taken back home. 

According to senior TMC leader Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar enquired about the chief minister's health condition and expressed deep anguish and wished her speedy recovery.  

BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar wished her a speedy recovery. Our prayers are with her for a quick return to good health, he posted on X.  Congress state chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury also wished her a quick recovery. 

PM Modi Wishes Speedy Recovery

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday wished West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee quick recovery after she suffered an injury and was taken to a hospital.

I pray for a quick recovery and the best health for Mamata Didi. @MamataOfficial

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 14, 2024

"I pray for a quick recovery and the best health for Mamata Didi," he said in a post on X.