Mithun Chakraborty declined to guess if he will be the BJP’s top ministerial candidate.
Calcutta:
Actor Mithun Chakraborty, who joined the BJP on Sunday, said he does not like the title of “leader”, he cannot reveal whether he will become prime minister, but can promise that if the party comes to power in West Bengal, “will do it all.” it will turn upside down in six months. “
“I’m not a leader. Don’t call me a BJP leader. I don’t have the qualities to be a leader. I’m just saying that I have a leader, I’ve talked to him,” he told NDTV, referring to Prime. Minister Narendra Modi at whose rally in Calcutta the 70-year-old joined the BJP, ending days and weeks of speculation.
“He has been very open with me. The prime minister was with me for 15 minutes. And he said: ‘Yeh sarkar sabki sarkar hogi‘. That means we are going to judge everyone in the same way, “said Chakraborty.
Steadfastly refusing to venture a guess about his role should the BJP come to power, he said: “I’m definitely campaigning now. The Prime Minister told me to start on the 12th. And then, wait and see. I’m a man of protocol. I have leaders, we must respect them. “
When asked about his thoughts on the state of Bengal, he said: “Now he’s in a mess. Bengal was an example for everyone. Today, I feel like he’s not there. Somewhere, we’ve gone crazy. And we must come together to Seeing that we get those things back. And for that, we need a change. A real change. Change for the people. “
So what exactly do you want to change? “Everything,” said the actor, using a Bengali expression to add: “Everything will turn upside down in six months.”
However, in an election campaign defined by vulgar language and stridency, Chakraborty refused to shoot West Bengal’s chief minister, Mamata Banerjee.
“I’m sorry. I’m not here to … I’ve never done it in my life. I never speak badly, I will never speak badly. I’m not going to criticize. You can’t take that away from me,” he said, when he asked about his message for her.
The actor also explained his past alliances, with the left and then with Ms. Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress and even with Congress at times.
“I don’t blame anyone. I think my decision was not correct. I was a fan of Jyoti Basu because he always (worked) for the people. I have campaigned for Pranab Mukherjee. I have campaigned for Vilasrao Deshmukh. But I have never been a politician. That’s what I say, ‘Don’t put me in a jar,’ “he said.
One of Bengal’s most beloved actors, Mithun Chakraborty was sent to the Rajya Sabha by Trinamool in 2014, but left the party two years after being named in the Saradha check fund case, citing health problems.
It has been speculated that the actor could join the BJP and become its face for the Chief Minister in the Bengal Assembly elections that will begin later this month since Mohan Bhagwat, head of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the BJP’s ideological mentor , visited him at his bungalow in Mumbai on February 16.
Whether he is or not, the actor is among the important faces that the BJP will launch in its campaign to overthrow Mamata Banerjee in Bengal.
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