Mamata Banerjee discharged from hospital, doctors say CM responded well to treatment

The doctors treating her at the hospital said she responded well to the treatment. Banerjee left the hospital in a wheelchair.

"Medical board felt she should be in the hospital for 48 hours more for observation. She requested that she should be discharged. Heeding to her request she is being discharged with medical advice," doctors treating her at the hospital said in a statement.

"The Chief Minister has responded to treatment. The plaster slab was opened today and injury was examined. The haematoma (blood suffusion) has diminished considerably. Ankle injury has shown much sign of improvement," they added.

On Wednesday after filing her nomination from Bengal's Nandigram, Banerjee alleged that she was the victim of an attack by four-five men, who have been linked to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by the Trinamool.

She was then brought back to Kolkata and admitted to the SSKM Hospital.

However in her video message Thursday, Banerjee did not accuse the BJP of having any role in the incident.

In a video message, the Chief Minister lying on the hospital bed said, "I suffered massive injury yesterday and I have a bone injury. Yesterday, I had pain in my head and chest.

"I would appeal to all people to maintain peace and refrain from doing anything which would cause trouble to people.

"I will be able to return to my field within two-three days. Maybe, I would have issues in my leg but I will manage. I won't skip any meetings but maybe I would take the help of a wheelchair. I would seek all of your help."

Earlier on Friday, a six-member Trinamool Congress delegation met the Election Commission of India (ECI) in New Delhi and ordered a high-level probe into the alleged attack on Banerjee.

The delegation comprised Saugata Roy, Dr. Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, Pratima Mondal, Satabdi Roy and Derek O'Brien.

Roy has drawn a link between various comments by BJP leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Banerjee's visit to Nandigram and the incident which occurred Mar 10.

"BJP leaders Dilip Ghosh, Saumitra Khan had warned Mamata Banerjee over her visit on Twitter. Even Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said Mamata Banerjee's scooty would fall in Nandigram," the veteran Trinamool leader said.

While the Opposition parties barring the Left have called the entire episode a "drama", Trinamool secretary general Partha Chatterjee and veteran Lok Sabha MP Saugata Roy condemned the comments by rival politicians calling them remarks of "poor taste".