Purulia (WB), March 29 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed her displeasure on Sunday over apparent remarks made by senior BJP leader Amit Shah regarding the injury she sustained during the 2021 Assembly elections, and asked him to review the medical report that detailed the extent of the damage to her leg.
While releasing a political "chargesheet" against the TMC government a day earlier, Shah had accused the ruling party's supremo of "always playing the victim card".
"Sometimes she talks about her injury; sometimes she abuses the Election Commission. But the people of West Bengal now understand her victim card politics very well," he had said.
On Sunday, Banerjee, while addressing an election rally in Manbazar, Purulia district, said, "They are saying that I roam around with a bandage during the polls. I have returned from the brink of death repeatedly. Go and get the report from the doctor."
"Did you deliberately injure my leg during the 2021 elections? I campaigned in a wheelchair. Are you planning to kill me?" she said, intensifying her attack against the BJP.
In her address, a day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah released a political 'chargesheet' against the TMC government, Banerjee said that he should be charged "for his past actions". She, however, did not name Shah.
She highlighted her government's development initiatives and alleged that the BJP would stop the 'Lakshmir Bhandar' scheme for women and impose restrictions on people's dietary preferences if it came to power.