Why CM Mamata Banerjee's claim of a conspiracy to attack her could hurt her in Nandigram
India TodayWhile campaigning at Birulia bazaar in Nandigram on March 10, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was injured when, while passing through a crowd of people, her car’s door slammed against her. But this much I can say—the people of Nandigram would not resort to.” Many of the people of Nandigram, who acknowledge the district’s debt to Mamata for her support in protect its farmlands from land sharks and the setting up of a chemicals hub, says they are hurt at being caught up in allegations of a conspiracy of such huge proportions. That has come as a major relief.” Many people in Nandigram say they are anguished at being at the receiving end of the chief minister’s conspiracy theory. “The more the TMC keeps talking about Mamata’s injury, holding protest rallies, processions and blocking the roads, the more that everyday people will get angry,” says a resident of Birulia. Nitai Maiti, the owner of a sweetmeat shop near which the accident occurred, says that there were a large number of people surrounding Mamata’s convoy at the time the incident took place, though he adds that he did not see anyone trying to push the chief minister.