A live report states that Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee was taken from a hospital in a wheelchair following an alleged assault during his visit to Sonarpur in West Bengal on Saturday. He had gone there to meet families affected by post-election violence. Videos showed him wearing a cricket helmet as eggs and stones were thrown amid local slogans. Security personnel led him away. The Diamond Harbour MP, seen as second in command in his party, accused Bharatiya Janata Party workers of a planned attack and cited weak police deployment. He claimed the incident was an attempt on his life. He received treatment at Apollo Hospital in Kolkata, where the Chief Minister visited him. The Congress condemned the event as BJP politics of vendetta. The BJP denied any involvement. The attack followed the BJP’s major win in the West Bengal Assembly elections that ended the TMC’s 15-year rule.
