Kolkata: Veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday at Brigade Parade ground in Kolkata, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to address a rally later in the day.Chakraborty was welcomed into the party fold by BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya and state party chief Dilip Ghosh among others.After joining the party, NDTV reported Mithun as saying, “I am proud to be a Bengali. I know you love my dialogues,” he said, and went on to recite some of his most famous one-liners.”“Here is my new dialogue. I am not a jol dora snake. I am not a beleghora snake. I am a pure cobra. I strike and you become a photograph.”RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat had met the actor at his Mumbai residence last month, setting off speculation that he might join the BJP.Chakraborty, a former Rajya Sabha member of the TMC, had quit the Upper House in 2016 after his name surfaced in Saradha Ponzi scam.Also read: What’s Determining the BJP’s Prospects in West Bengal?The prime minister will be addressing a poll rally in Kolkata, giving a major thrust to the saffron party’s campaign ahead of Bengal’s eight-phase assembly elections, starting March 27.Ghosh has claimed that the prime minister’s election rally will be attended by nearly 10 lakh people.The participation of Mithun Chakraborty in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Brigade Parade ground rally has generated considerable interest among BJP supporters turning out for the mega event.Chakraborty met BJP national general secretary in-charge of West Bengal Kailash Vijayvargiya after arriving here on Saturday evening.Many of the BJP supporters headed for the meeting ground from across the state said they were happy to know that the film star will participate in the rally.(With PTI inputs)
