Bomb attack on West Bengal minister a conspiracy, says CM Mamata Banerjee | Watch

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged that the bomb attack on state labour minister Jakir Hossain was part of a conspiracy and few people were ‘pressuring’ him to switch to another party. Mamata made a visit to the SSKM hospital to inquire about the minister’s health, where she also slammed the railways for not functioning properly after unidentified people hurled a bomb at him at Nimtita railway station, Murshidabad.

Banerjee told reporters that it was a preplanned attack on Minister Jakir Hossain. She further added that, it was a conspiracy and some people were pressuring the minister to join their party for the last few months. “Investigation is going on, so I will not disclose more,” she said. 

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Here’s a video of the bomb blast that took place in Murshidabad: 

The Medical College Superintendent from Murshidabad has also said that the minister is stable, however one leg and hand got injured due to the attack.

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West Bengal chief has already announced a ₹5 lakh compensation for those seriously injured in the attack and ₹1 lakh for people who got minor injuries. She asked railways that, “How can they deny their responsibility over security lapses when the attack happened at a railway station?”

Many eminent political figures like union cabinet minister Piyush Goyal, BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar and TMC-rebel BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari have condemned the attack.

Here’s a few tweets condemning the attack on the minister:

A total of 26 people were injured in the bomb blast at Murshidabad, Banerjee said. The West Bengal government has given the case in the hands of CID.