{"id":14241,"date":"2026-04-27T10:46:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T10:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=14241"},"modified":"2026-04-27T10:46:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T10:46:04","slug":"130550053-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=14241","title":{"rendered":"Mitali Bag: TMC MP Mitali Bag\u2019s car vandalised, windshield smashed; party blames BJP, alleges &#8216;attempt on her life&#8217; | India News &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130550100,imgsize-49100,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/130550100.jpg\" alt=\"TMC MP Mitali Bag\u2019s car vandalised, windshield smashed; party blames BJP, alleges 'attempt on her life'\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress on Monday alleged that \u201cgoons\u201d of the Bharatiya Janata Party attacked Arambag MP Mitali Bag\u2019s car on the last day of campaigning ahead of the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly polls.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>In a post on X, the TMC said that Bag was \u201cbrutally and dastardly attacked by BJP lumpens and thugs. Her car was vandalised. Her windshield smashed. Shards of glass pierced her body.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>\u201cAmit Shah threatened our leaders and party workers that anyone who steps out of their house would be hung upside down. Today, that threat was acted upon,\u201d the party said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"wLCOS vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"ap_Bf\">\n<div class=\"ZM4zO\">\n<p><i class=\"bo2C4\"\/> <span>Watch<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <!-- -->Mamata Fumes, Walks Off Stage Over Noise From Nearby BJP Rally In Bhabanipur, TMC-BJP Workers Clash<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>\u201cThis is an attempt on the life of an elected Member of Parliament. Amit Shah issued the order from the stage. <!-- -->His lumpens carried it out on the street. The chain of command is direct. The responsibility is his,\u201d it added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>Bag was reportedly admitted to a local hospital. Officials said the situation in the area remains peaceful at present, with security forces maintaining strict vigilance.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>The Arambag seat is currently held by the BJP\u2019s Madhusudan Bag, who defeated TMC\u2019s Sujata Mondal by a margin of 7,172 (3.3 per cent) votes.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>The seat used to be a CPI(M) bastion before the 2011 delimitation. The TMC won the seat in 2011 and 2016 before losing it to the BJP in the 2021 polls.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>The BJP has fielded Hemanta Bag against the TMC\u2019s Mita Bag to defend the constituency. CPI(M)\u2019s Bithika Pandit is also in the fray.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>Earlier in the day, West Bengal Police arrested four individuals in connection with violent clashes between TMC and BJP supporters in front of the Jagatdal Police Station.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>Polling for the second phase of elections is scheduled for April 29, while counting of votes will take place on May 4.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/tmc-mp-mitali-bags-car-vandalised-windshield-smashed-party-blames-bjp-alleges-attempt-on-her-life\/articleshow\/130550053.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress on Monday alleged that \u201cgoons\u201d of the Bharatiya Janata Party&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14242,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[33607,33610,724,723,719,720,721,33604,33605,33606,722,33608,33609],"class_list":["post-14241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-amit-shah-threats","tag-bjp-supporters-violence","tag-breaking-news","tag-google-news","tag-india","tag-india-news","tag-india-news-today","tag-mitali-bag","tag-mitali-bag-car-vandalism","tag-tmc-allegations-against-bjp","tag-today-news","tag-west-bengal-assembly-polls-2024","tag-west-bengal-polling-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}