“Call Me Selfish, But…”: Actor Mithun Chakraborty On Joining BJP

New Delhi:

Actor Mithun Chakraborty, who joined the BJP right this moment in Bengal, mentioned the explanation behind his transfer was his lifelong dream to assist the poor and added that he’s assured that the celebration will win the meeting election within the state. 

Speaking to reporters after becoming a member of the celebration at an enormous rally right this moment, the actor mentioned that just one celebration helps the poor and if he needs to fulfil his dream, he should maintain somebody’s hand.

“You possibly can me egocentric or anything. However the motive behind my selfishness is that I wish to be with poor folks, I wish to combat for them,” Mr Chakraborty, 70, advised reporters.

“Since I used to be 18-years-old, I had a dream that I’ll stick with the poor folks, I’ll assist them, I’ll get them their due respect,” the Nationwide Award winning-actor mentioned including that even his motion pictures are additionally about this.

He additionally mentioned the senior leaders of the BJP has made the celebration a fantastic success within the state. He added that he’s assured that BJP will win the Bengal elections that will probably be held in eight phases from March 27.

“BJP is making the federal government, that is for positive. And if we are able to all fulfil the Prime Minister’s dream of a Sonar Bangla, I would be the proudest man,” Mr Chakraborty provides.

Saying that he has by no means been related to any celebration earlier than, Mr Chakraborty mentioned that the Trinamool Congress had made him a Rajya Sabha MP and it was his “dangerous determination”.

“I left (as Rajya Sabha MP), I do not wish to level fingers at anybody that it was their fault. It was my dangerous determination. Let’s finish that matter right here,” the actor provides.

Mithun Chakraborty stop the Trinamool inside two years of his Rajya Sabha nomination after he was named within the Saradha chit fund case. He was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate on Rs 1.2 crore he had obtained from the group as price for changing into model ambassador of a TV information channel the Saradha group financed.

He returned the cash and stop the Rajya Sabha in addition to the Trinamool Congress pleading poor well being.

He added that he has all the time labored for the poor however by no means publicized it.

“Jaante to sabhi hai ke dada kya karte hai (Everybody is aware of what dada does),” he provides. Mr Chakraborty, who has an enormous fan following in Bengal, known as “Mithun-da” by everybody.

In a kurta, cap and sun shades, the actor right this moment accepted the BJP flag and waved to the gang at an enormous rally addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to marketing campaign for the Bengal election.