West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday visited the Siliguri hospital where BJP MP Khagen Murmu was admitted with injuries. However, she did not meet BJP MLA Shankar Ghosh, who is admitted at the same hospital.

The two BJP leaders were attacked by a 500-strong mob in Jalpaiguri district’s Nagrakata village on Monday, when they had gone to check on people hit by floods and landslides in the Dooars region. The mob allegedly pelted stones, attacked them with sticks, and ransacked their vehicle.

Banerjee spoke to Murmu and his family members inside the ICU cabin. She later said, “It’s courtesy. I heard he got injured and I came to see him. He is stable now. He is diabetic and that is why doctors are keeping him under observation. He has a small injury under the ear.”

Following the attac

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