New Delhi: Veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty who recently joined BJP ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections at a rally in Kolkata is likely to begin the campaign for the party from March 12.
Mithun Chakraborty raised a new poll slogan “Ek chhobole chhobi” (finish in one attack), in a veiled attack on the Trinamool Congress (TMC) during the rally.
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 | 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
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While joining BJP, Chakraborty said his dream came true by sharing a stage with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “I had never imagined that I will be sharing the dais where the biggest leader of the biggest democracy our beloved PM Narendra Modi is about to speak. I always had a dream to work for the poor, downtrodden. Now, it is seen as being fulfilled,” he said at the Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata.
Chakraborty, 70, was a Rajya Sabha MP for the Trinamool Congress (TMC) for two years. He resigned from the position in 2016 citing health reasons after his name surfaced in the Saradha ponzi scam.
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.
