Renowned actor and former TMC Rajya Sabha MP Mithun Chakraborty on Sunday joined the BJP to serve the poor, ending days of speculation over his political innings. He also said that he regretted his stint with his former party.
Talking to reporters after joining the party at a massive rally at the Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other party leaders in attendance, the actor said that only one party is helping the poor, and if he wants to fulfill his dream, he must hold someone’s hand.
“You can call me selfish or anything else. But the reason behind my selfishness is that I want to be with poor people, I want to fight for them,” Mr. Chakraborty, 70, told reporters.
“Since I was 18-years-old, I had a dream that I will stay with the poor people, I will help them, I will get them their due respect,” the National Award winning-actor said adding that even his movies are also about this.
He also said the senior leaders of the BJP made the party a great success in the state. He added that he is confident that BJP will win the Bengal elections that will be held in eight phases from March 27.
“BJP is making the government, that’s for sure. And if we can all fulfill the Prime Minister’s dream of a Sonar Bangla, I will be the proudest man,” Mr. Chakraborty adds.
Saying that he has never been associated with any party before, Mr. Chakraborty said that the Trinamool Congress had made him a Rajya Sabha MP and it was his “bad decision”.
“I left (as Rajya Sabha MP), I don’t want to point fingers at anyone that it was their fault. It was my bad decision. Let’s end that topic here,” the actor adds.
Surjitt Sahani
