West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday visited Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Khagen Murmu in the hospital, a day after he was allegedly attacked by TMC workers while distributing flood relief material in Jalpaiguri’s Nagrakata area.

Murmu sustained grievous injuries when he and BJP MLA Dr Shankar Ghosh were attacked while assisting victims of recent heavy rains, floods, and landslides. BJP leaders have alleged that the attack was orchestrated by members of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and accused the party of “jungle raj".

As the political row intensified over the attack on Murmu, Mamata Banerjee visited the BJP MP in a private hospital in Siliguri, and enquired about his health and well-being, according to the TMC.

“He is diabetic, but there is nothing very se

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