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Mamata Banerjee
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Mamata Banerjee slips while boarding helicopter in Durgapur, suffers minor injury

| @indiablooms | Apr 27, 2024, at 09:21 pm

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was injured on Saturday when she slipped and fell inside a helicopter in Durgapur.

The incident occurred after she walked up the movable staircase which was placed before the helicopter and was about to take a seat inside it.

Mamata Banerjee suffered a minor injury and was immediately helped by her security personnel, reported India Today.

She later continued her scheduled trip to Asansol.

She is currently busy campaigning for her party amid the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.

The second phase of the Lok Sabha polls took place on Friday.

India is voting in seven phases to elect a new Lok Sabha.

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