West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday suffered a minor injury on her forehead after the car she was travelling had to suddenly stop to avoid a collision with another vehicle here.
The Trinamool Congress chairperson who prefers seating in the front seat beside the driver was injured after her head hit the windscreen. The accident took place when the Chief Minister was returning from Purba Medinipur after chairing an administrative review meeting.
Later in the day, Ms. Banerjee visited the Raj Bhawan and met Governor C.V. Ananda Bose. The Chief Minister was seen with a bandage on her forehead. Ms. Banerjee said that she was not feeling well but added that she will not go to a hospital. “I can sense a fever coming. I am also feeling cold...I am going home,” she told journalists.
The Chief Minister said that police are investigating how a car came in her convoy and would not like to comment more. “I survived due to the applying of hand brakes and sustained an injury just on the head. Police will do their work,” she said. The Chief Minister had sustained leg injuries in June 2023 during an emergency landing of a helicopter in north Bengal.
