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Mithun Chakraborty joins BJP at PM's Brigade rally

Many of the BJP supporters headed for the meeting ground from across the state

mithun-chakraborty-narendra-modi-salil Mithun Chakraborty meeting PM Modi at the rally | Salil Bera

Actor Mithun Chakraborty joined the BJP at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's brigade parade ground rally on Sunday. BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, party vice president Mukul Roy, and Suvendu Adhikari were also present at the ground where PM Modi is scheduled to address an election rally later today. The event had generated considerable interest. 

Chakraborty met BJP national general secretary in-charge of West Bengal Kailash Vijayvargiya after arriving on Saturday evening.

Once considered close to the CPI(M), Chakraborty was Rajya Sabha MP for the TMC for few years, before resigning expressing desire to quit politics. The party activists have been hosting flash mobs over the past few weeks at several locations across the state, including busy traffic intersections and crowded localities to rally a large number of people at the Sunday event.

After having a limited presence in the politically polarised state for decades, the BJP has emerged as the ruling Trinamool Congress's main rival by winning 18 of the 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal 2019 general elections,only four less than TMC's tally of 22

Modi will be addressing the mega poll rally as West Bengal heads for an eight-phase assembly election starting March 27. BJP state president Dilip Ghosh has claimed that the election rally will be attended by nearly 10 lakh people. 

-Inputs from agencies

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