New Delhi: After weeks of speculation, veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty finally joined the BJP ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections at a rally in Kolkata on Sunday.
Mithun Chakraborty raised a new poll slogan “Ek chhobole chhobi” (finish in one attack), in a veiled attack on the Trinamool Congress (TMC).
While addressing the rally, Chakraborty said, “I am not ‘Jol Dhora’, I am not ‘Bele Bora’, I am a pure cobra. You will be finished in one bite. Now, remember the new slogan — Ek chhobole chhobi’.
Watch what he said:
#WATCH | I am a pure cobra. You will be finished in one bite. Now, remember the new slogan — Ek chhobole chhobi (One bite and you will become a photo): Actor Mithun Chakraborty after joining BJP in Kolkata pic.twitter.com/19juRQCEbA
— ANI (@ANI) March 7, 2021
The Brigade ground buzzed with cheers when Chakraborty quoted the popular dialogues of his Bengali films.
“Ami Jol Dhorao noi, Bele Borao noi, ami ekta cobra, jat ghokhro, ek chhobole chhobi (I am not Jol Dhora, I am not Bele Bora, I am a pure cobra, you will be finished in one strike). Now, remember the new slogan Ek chhobole chhobi,” he said.
Chakraborty joined the BJP at the Brigade Parage Ground in the presence of state party chief Dilip Ghosh on Sunday.
I am not 'Jol Dhora', I am not 'Bele Bora', I am a pure cobra. You will be finished in one bite. Now, remember the new slogan — Ek chhobole chhobi: Actor Mithun Chakraborty after joining BJP in Kolkata pic.twitter.com/JIMO6GyvDt
— ANI (@ANI) March 7, 2021
BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, party vice president Mukul Roy and Suvendu Adhikari were also present at the ground where Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed an election rally.
Chakraborty, 70, was a Rajya Sabha MP for the Trinamool Congress (TMC) for two years, before resigning. West Bengal Assembly elections will be held in eight phases starting from March 27 with the final round of voting taking place on April 29. The counting of votes will take place on May 2.
West Bengal is likely to witness a triangular contest this time with TMC, Congress-Left alliance and the BJP in the fray.
After winning 3 seats in the 2016 Assembly election in West Bengal, the BJP made deep inroads in the state in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections winning 18 seats and reducing TMC’s tally to 22. Out of the total 42 Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal, Congress won two seats, the Left drew a blank.
