West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was discharged from hospital at 7 pm Friday. She was admitted to the hospital after she sustained injuries during campaigning in Nandigram.
Banerjee said she was targeted by a group of “four or five people, who pushed her” outside a temple where she had stopped to offer prayers on Wednesday.
She cut short her visit and returned to Kolkata, where she was admitted to the SSKM Hospital.
The Chief Minister emerged in a wheelchair from the hospital, waved at her supporters, and headed straight to her Kalighat house in the city.
State Minister Firhad Hakim and CM’s Nephew and TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee were present while she was being discharged.
Doctors said the swelling in her leg has subsided and she is in less pain.
“She has been discharged on her request with some medical advice. The temporary plaster cast has been removed. She is stable. She has been asked to come for a review in seven days. She has been advised to follow some restrictions,” said SSKM Director Manimoy Bandyopadhyay.
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