West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee suffered minor injury after a car suddenly entered her convoy in Burdwan on Wednesday. The car driver had to press emergency breaks which caused the accident, said the officials. She was returning to Kolkata by road due to bad weather when the accident occurred in Burdwan.
"I can sense a fever coming. I am also feeling cold...A vehicle suddenly came before my car. It was a speeding vehicle. I survived due to the applying of hand brakes and sustained an injury just on the head. Police will do its work. I will not go to the hospital. I am feeling cold, I am going home," she said in her first statement after the accident.
The initial reports suggested that the chief minister suffered a minor head injury.
Banerjee, who was seated in front beside the driver, was injured after her head hit the windscreen, he said.
The CM is being brought back to Kolkata where she will be attended by doctors, the official said.
