West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday visited BJP MP Khagen Murmu at a private hospital in Siliguri, where he was undergoing treatment after being assaulted in Nagarkata during a visit to the flood and landslide-affected areas on Monday.

The CM’s visit comes a day after a political storm erupted over the assault of two BJP leaders — Murmu and MLA Sankar Ghosh. A full-blown confrontation broke out on Monday between the Centre and the Bengal government after Murmu and Ghosh were attacked by a mob in Jalpaiguri’s Nagrakata while visiting landslide and flood relief sites.