Mamata Banerjee slips: 6 times TMC chief sustained injuries in her political career

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boarding a chopper during election campaigning in the state’s Durgapur city. The incident comes in the middle of the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections in which Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress is involved in a high-stake battle with the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress in 42 seats of West Bengal. In 2019 general elections, the TMC had won 22 of the 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal.

The BJP won 18 while the Congress won 2 seats. Mamata Banerjee is not new to injuries. The TMC chief, often called a ‘street fighter’, has met with several injuries and attacks throughout her four-decade-long political career.

In fact, some even say that attacks and injuries have shaped Mamata Banerjee's political career. In the recent past, images of her injuries have become a common sight, during elections. Let’s take a look at Mamata Banerjee’s past injuries and attacks.

In March this year, pictures of Mamata Banerjee were uploaded on the TMC's social media page showing her in the hospital with a gash on her forehead. Mamata Banerjee had suffered injuries to her nose and forehead after she fell at her home in West Bengal. Also Read: Mamata Banerjee slips while boarding chopper in West Bengal's Durgapur, suffers minor injury: VIDEO Soon after the pictures were shared on social media, political leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, wished the West Bengal Chief Minister a speedy recovery.

Mamata Banerjee was advised to rest for 10 days after she sustained an injury to her left leg during her trip to Spain in September. The Chief Minister had returned to Kolkata after a 12-day official trip to Spain and Dubai to attract investments for the state. She had visited the SSKM hospital on September 23, 2023, where doctors