TMC MP Mitali Bag’s automobile vandalised, windshield smashed; celebration blames BJP, alleges ‘try on her life’ | India Information
NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress on Monday alleged that “goons” of the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering attacked Arambag MP Mitali Bag’s automobile on the final day of campaigning forward of the second section of the West Bengal Meeting polls.In a put up on X, the TMC mentioned that Bag was “brutally and dastardly attacked by BJP lumpens and thugs. Her automobile was vandalised. Her windshield smashed. Shards of glass pierced her physique.”“Amit Shah threatened our leaders and celebration employees that anybody who steps out of their home can be hung the wrong way up. In the present day, that menace was acted upon,” the celebration mentioned.“That is an try on the lifetime of an elected Member of Parliament. Amit Shah issued the order from the stage. His lumpens carried it out on the road. The chain of command is direct. The duty is his,” it added.Bag was reportedly admitted to an area hospital. Officers mentioned the scenario within the space stays peaceable at current, with safety forces sustaining strict vigilance.The Arambag seat is at present held by the BJP’s Madhusudan Bag, who defeated TMC’s Sujata Mondal by a margin of seven,172 (3.3 per cent) votes.The seat was a CPI(M) bastion earlier than the 2011 delimitation. The TMC received the seat in 2011 and 2016 earlier than shedding it to the BJP within the 2021 polls.The BJP has fielded Hemanta Bag towards the TMC’s Mita Bag to defend the constituency. CPI(M)’s Bithika Pandit can also be within the fray.Earlier within the day, West Bengal Police arrested 4 people in reference to violent clashes between TMC and BJP supporters in entrance of the Jagatdal Police Station.Polling for the second section of elections is scheduled for April 29, whereas counting of votes will happen on Might 4.
