West Bengal Assembly election 2021: Actor Mithun Chakraborty joins BJP, to share stage with PM Modi

Ending all speculations, veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty on Sunday (March 7) joined BJP at Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mega rally. 

Mithun Chakraborty was greeted by West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh at Brigade Parade Ground. BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya and party vice-president Mukul Roy are also present at the iconic ground. 

On Saturday, Vijayvargiya, who is the BJP national general secretary and Central Observer of BJP for West Bengal, met Mithun Chakraborty at the latter`s residence in Belgachia.

Earlier, responding to questions on speculations of Mithun joining BJP, Vijayvargiya had said, "I have spoken with him (Mithun Chakraborty) over the telephone, he`s going to come today. I`ll be able to make a comment only after a detailed discussion with him."

The 70-year-old Mithun, who enjoys huge popularity in West Bengal, was a Rajya Sabha MP for CM Mamata Banerjee's TMC for two years, before he decided to resign from the Upper House on health grounds.

Meanwhile, PM Modi is scheduled to address a mega rally at the Brigade Parade Ground today. According to Vijayvargiya, the rally would be one of the biggest rallies in poll-bound West Bengal.

West Bengal Assembly election 2021 will be held in eight phases starting from March 27. The final round of voting is scheduled to take place on April 29 and the counting of votes will take place on May 2.