The Election Commission has received a report that no one attacked Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee during her visit to Nandigram. The report to EC revealed that there was no clear evidence that she had been attacked.
Special election observers Vivek Dubey and Ajay Nayak submitted a report to the Election Commission to this effect. The report said there was no evidence that Mamata’s convoy was attacked.
She was in the midst of a tight police cordon at the time of the incident, the report said. EC sought a full explanation from Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandopadhyay after the incident.
Special observers re-examined the scene before submitting their report to the EC. The chief secretary said in the report that Mamata had injured her leg as she hit the car door.
The incident took place on March 10 when Mamata Banerjee, who was nominated in Nandigram, was returning to Kolkata. Mamata alleged that she was attacked by four or five people.