A wounded tiger is more dangerous: Mamata Banerjee returns on campaign trail

Mamata Banerjee with TMC party members during a rally on ‘Nandigram Diwas’, in Kolkata on Sunday. PIC/PTI

True to her street fighter image, Mamata Banerjee was back on the roads of Kolkata on Sunday, four days after being injured at the hustings in Nandigram, leading a TMC march on a wheelchair and declaring that a wounded tiger is far more dangerous.

Accompanied by senior TMC leaders, Banerjee joined the five-km road show from Mayo Road to Hazra More as part of observation of Nandigram Diwas to commemorate the killing of 14 villagers in police firing during the anti-land acquisition protest in 2007. She is contesting the high-profile Nandigram seat for the first time against former confidante-turned- adversary Suvendu Adhikari.

Addressing the gathering after the hour-long march, Banerjee said attempts to incapacitate her to stop her from campaigning have failed, and asserted she will canvass for TMC candidates across the state on wheelchair.

"If people vote for us, we will ensure that democracy returns to them. May all conspiracies against Bengal be destroyed. I assure you that I will campaign on a wheelchair with a broken leg. Khela Hobe (game is on). A wounded tiger is the most dangerous animal," she said.

Banerjee was injured in her left leg, head and chest while campaigning in Nandigram on March 10. "Doctors advised me against going out for campaign today. But I felt that I should participate in today's rally as we have already lost a few days due to my injury."

Nandigram incident: EC orders suspension of cop in-charge of Mamata's security
The Election Commission on Sunday said there was no pre-meditated attack on West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram, indicating that her injuries were the result of a security lapse. It ordered that director, Security, Vivek Sahay, an IPS officer, "be removed" from his post and placed under suspension immediately. "Charges must be framed against him within a week for grossly failing in discharge of his primary duty as Director, Security, to protect the Z+ protectee," a statement from the EC said.

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