FILE PHOTO: Supporters of Chief Minister of West Bengal state and the Chief of Trinamool Congress (TMC) Mamata Banerjee celebrate after the initial poll results, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kolkata, India, May 2, 2021. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/File Photo
KOLKATA (Reuters) - At least six people have been killed in post-election violence in India s West Bengal state, police officials said on Wednesday, after a regional group beat Prime Minister Narendra Modi s party in a bitterly fought contest.
The regional Trinamool Congress (TMC) retained control of the populous eastern state in results declared on Sunday, with Modi s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerging as the main opposition there for the first time.
Will continue campaigns on wheelchair, if necessary: Mamata
By IANS |
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Thu, Mar 11 2021 16:12 IST |
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Mamata Banerjee. (File photo: IANS). Image Source: IANS News
Kolkata, March 11 : Injured West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday vowed to get back to canvassing for the upcoming Assembly elections within the next couple of days.
Releasing a video clip from her hospital bed at SSKM where she was rushed to late Wednesday, the Trinamool Congress supremo said: I received injuries in my leg and ligaments. Hopefully I will be discharged in a couple of days. There will be problems in my leg but I shall not cancel any of my political programmes. I will take part in the campaigns on a wheelchair, if necessary .
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