Mamata Banerjee said she was injured after being pushed during the election campaign in Nandigram. ANI

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday claimed that she injured one of her legs after being allegedly pushed during the election campaign in Nandigram.

The incident happened in the evening when Banerjee was outside a temple in the Reyapara area.

Citing the police, The Indian Express reported that she was meeting local voters at the market when there was an altercation and the chief minister fell down injuring her leg. She has also sustained a slight injury on her head, the police said.

However, Banerjee said she was pushed by four or five men while she was trying to get into her car. “I was standing outside my car with the door open. I was going to a temple there to offer my prayers. Few people came around my car and pushed the door. The door hit my leg,” she said.

The chief minister claimed that her leg got swollen because of the injury and she was feeling feverish.

Speaking to reporters, she said that no local police personnel was present at the spot when the incident happened.

Banerjee, who is contesting the polls from Nandigram, alleged that it was a “conspiracy”.

The incident triggered a security scare as the chief minister gets Z-plus protection. Banerjee, who was supposed to stay the night in Nandigram, will now return to her official residence in Kolkata, sources told PTI.

According to NDTV, the BJP, which had blamed the Trinamool Congress after its chief JP Nadda’s convoy came under attack in Bengal in December, said today’s incident was a political stunt by the ruling party.

Reacting to reports of Banerjee being attacked in Nandigram, state BJP vice president Arjun Singh alleged that Mamata was “doing drama to gain sympathy”.

Is it Taliban that her convoy was attacked? Huge police force accompanies her. Who can get near her? 4 IPS officers are her security incharge & must be suspended. Attackers don’t appear out of nowhere, they’ve to be nabbed. She did drama for sympathy: WB BJP vice-pres Arjun Singh pic.twitter.com/EnINlTRMej

— ANI (@ANI) March 10, 2021

She was in the area in Purba Medinipur district over the last two days to campaign for the upcoming elections. Earlier, in the day she filed her nominations from Nandigram in Haldia area.

With inputs from PTI