Siliguri, Oct. 8 -- Union Minster Sukanta Majumdar met with BJP MP Khagen Murmu and MLA Shankar Ghosh on Wednesday in Siliguri West Bengal, after both party leaders were attacked by some local persons in Jalpaiguri's Dooars region in West Bengal on Monday.

The attacked happened when both leaders visiting the area to oversee relief and rescue operations, whereupon, he sustained serious injuries to the head.

Speaking with the ANI, Sukanta Majumdar said, "Shankar Ghosh is recovering quickly because he has some shoulder injury. But the situation of Khagen Murmu is not so good. He is facing some problems, especially the difficulty in talking."

He also said, "One of his facial bones was broken by a stone pelted by the TMC workers and goons. ...