Hours after shouting protesters surrounded Mamata Banerjee and attacked her mini ster, Amit Mitra, the

West Bengal chief minister has cancelled her meeting with the Prime Minister. Her party says she is unwell with fever. This evening she wa s administered oxygen and advised bed rest. Mr Mitra has been hospitalised. Ms Banerjee is in Delhi to seek financial assistance for her state, which owes n early 2 lakh crores in loans to the centre. She wants the government to suspend the annual interest payments of 22,000 crores. Accompanied by her finance minister, she was entering the Planning Commission in Delhi this evening when activists from the Students Federation of India (SFI) t argeted the leaders. Mr Mitra, who is 62, said, "They were attacking me from eve ry direction." His kurta was ripped. Most Recent Spanish author Jose Luis Sampedro dies at 96 Kenya celebrates new president; daggers for West Also See Video: After confronting violent protests, Mamata cancels meeting with PM 2:09 After confronting violent protests, Mamata cancels meeting with PM Video: After Mamata's minister heckled in Delhi, CPM offices attacked in Wes t Bengal 2:32 After Mamata's minister heckled in Delhi, CPM offices attacked in West Benga l "They had an iron rod, they tried to hit me," Ms Banerjee had said at a press co nference. "They can kill me but they can't stop me. I am a product of the studen ts' movement," she said. The Delhi Police has registered a case against unknown people under various sect ions of the Indian Penal Code. (Read more) The SFI is the youth wing of the CPI(M) which expressed its regret over this eve ning's violence. "I strongly condemn the incident, this is wrong politics" said former chief minister and Left leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharya. Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj also condemned the attack saying "the CPM must apologise for this misconduct." The activists were protesting the death of their colleague, Sudipto Gupta. He wa s arrested during a demonstration by the police and ended up in hospital hours l ater with severe head injuries. Ms Banerjee has denied that the police battered him, as alleged by other students, and has said his death was "a petty matter." Ms Banerjee has accused the centre of "an economic blockade" of Bengal and wants financial aid. In September, she quit the ruling coalition, reducing the Prime Minister's gover nment to a minority. She said she did not agree with the economic reforms cleare d by Dr Singh, who green-lit the arrival of foreign mega-stores like Wal-Mart an d Tesco.