Actor Mithun Chakraborty joins BJP at Narendra Modi’s Kolkata rally

Chakraborty was Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP

Actor Mithun Chakraborty on Sunday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally in Kolkata’s Brigade Parade Ground.

There were speculations on whether he would join the party directly or whether he would back the party in meetings and rallies. Mithun arrived in Kolkata on Saturday night and reached the Brigade dais on Sunday morning. The actor was a Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP and had been out of active politics for the past few years.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to address the Brigade rally on Sunday. It is one of PM Modi’s 20 rallies planned in West Bengal ahead of the Assembly elections. Mithun too is expected to address about 20 rallies across the state ahead of the elections, which start from March 27 and continues till April 29.

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