The sympathy card is being played rampantly in the West Bengal Assembly elections with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleging that she had been attacked in Nandigram, which led her to the hospital with a fractured leg. Now, Mamata will resume her campaign in a wheelchair from March 13.
Sympathy and politics go hand in hand and West Bengal is no different. Twitter is divided over whether it was an accident or an attack.
West Bengal politics is not new to attacks on politicians. Earlier BJP leaders Kailash Vijayvargiya and MP Babul Supremo have also been attacked. BJP president JP Nadda was attacked in Diamond Harbour three months ago. That time, Mamata had said that it wasn’t an attack but a political drama.
In this case, the alleged attack on Mamata should also be considered a political drama.
Mamata Banerjee sustained injuries when she was waving at the crowd by standing on the footboard of the car with the door open on Wednesday (March 10). She has alleged that…