Kolkata: Sumona Mondal, 25, has both legs paralysed after a road accident. Having lost al hope of standing on her feet again, the change of regime in West Bengal and Mamata Banerjee taking over as Chief Minister has suddenly made her optimistic.
Mondal arrived in Kolkata Sunday at Didi's (as Banerjee is popularly called) Kalighat house to meet her and seek financial help at the chief minister's Sunday mass “durbar” (audience).
Mondal, a resident of Murshidabad district, became paralysed after a road accident in 2005. Since then her father, a Trinamool Congress supporter and hawker by profession, tried hard to get aid for her treatment in Hyderabad.
Her father brought her on a weheelchair and waited to meet Ms.Banerjee during the open forum where she listens to public grievences.
“We need Rs.5 lakh for my treatment in Hyderabad. I hope Didi would help us,” Mondal said.
Hundreds of people with similar personal problems gather in front of the Chief Minister's house every Sunady. Ms. Banerjee's meeting with the help seekers is also termed as “Janaganer Darbare Mamata” (People at Mamata{gt}s court) by a section of the media. — IANS
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