Delhi is not safe, I was manhandled like anything: Mamata Banerjee

 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said she will fly back to Kolkata and has cancelled all her meetings in Delhi. She said she was advised by doctors to get hospitalised but she did not want to be hospitalised.She said that, "I was given oxygen whole night on Tuesday, the doctor advised me to get hospitalised, but I don't like to get hospitalised".

Mamata also said Delhi is unsafe and that she "was manhandled like anything." She also alleged that the police did not co-operate outside the Planning Commission office. She said, "I think this is the first time such a thing has happened in New Delhi. I was also manhandled like anything. I requested the police to open the doors but they said that they don't have the keys”.

She also apologised to the Prime Minister for cancelling her meeting with him. "I could not attend the meeting with the Prime Minister. I apologise for that. The Prime Minister also apologised to me for yesterday's attack”. Mamata lashed out at the CPM for the attack on her and her Finance Minister Amit Mitra. She added that, "Our cadres are peaceful; all ruckus was created by the CPM. It's a double standard game of CPM, they are hypocrites." "After 35 years, I have managed to stop bloodbath in West Bengal".

While Mamata slammed the Left, the war of words between the TMC and CPM continued. TMC leader Mukul Roy said during the party's protest in Delhi that, the attack on Mamata and Amit Mitra is undemocratic. It is an unprecedented event and a planned attack by the CPM to assault our minister. On the other hand, CPM leader Sitaram Yechury said, "The CPM strongly condemns the attack on Left offices. We demand a judicial probe into the death of Sudipto Gupta."

Amit Mitra was manhandled by SFI activists protesting against Sudipto Gupta's death. Mamata was livid. As the protesters chanted "Mamata Banerjee hai hai (Mamata down down), TMC hai hai, Hatyari Mamata sharm karo (have shame, killer Mamata)", an agitated Chief Minister walked into the building shouting, "This is uncivilised behaviour". Her party workers back home went on a rampage. Left activists were attacked and their offices were vandalised. Trinamool leaders were soon appealing for calm and the Left, too, joined in.

In Pictures:--

SFI activists attack West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra as he arrives to meet Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia in New Delhi. 

Security women protect West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during a protest by SFI activists on her arrival at Yojana Bhavan in New Delhi. SFI activists were protesting over the death of Sudipto Gupta. 

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee with Finance Minister Amit Mitra at a meeting with Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia in New Delhi. 

West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra showing his torn kurta (shirt) to Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee at a meeting in New Delhi.