Veteran
actor
Mithun
Chakraborty
is
all
set
to
join
the
Bharatiya
Janata
Party
(BJP)
ahead
of
the
upcoming
West
Bengal
Assembly
polls.
Mithun
will
be
joining
the
saffron
party
today
during
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi’s
rally
in
Kolkata’s
Brigade
Ground.
For
the
unversed,
the
actor
was
nominated
to
the
Rajya
Sabha
by
the
Trinamool
Congress
and
West
Bengal
Chief
Minister
Mamata
Banerjee
in
2014.
However,
Mithun
resigned
as
the
MP
in
2016
expressing
his
desire
to
quit
politics.
But
now,
the
actor,
in
all
likelihood
will
be
present
at
the
event
that
is
scheduled
to
start
at
1
pm.
On
being
asked
if
he
will
join
BJP,
Kailash
Vijayvargiya
of
the
party
told
India
Today,
"He
will
be
present
here
at
the
rally.
We'll
see
if
he
wishes
to
join
us,
we
will
hand
him
the
BJP
flag
then
and
there."
Vijayvargiya
also
opened
up
about
his
meeting
with
the
yesteryear
Bengali
superstar,
which
took
place
a
while
ago.
He
said
that
Mithun
has
assured
him
that
he
will
extend
his
support
to
PM
Modi
in
the
Bengal
election
campaign.
West
Bengal
BJP
Vice
President
Arjun
Singh
too
gave
a
statement
on
Mithun
Chakraborty
becoming
part
of
the
BJP.
He
has
said
that
if
he
comes
to
BJP,
it
will
be
good
for
both
Bengal
and
the
party.
For
the
uninitiated,
Bengal
polls
will
be
held
in
eight
phases
for
294
seats.
The
first
phase
will
be
held
on
March
27
while
the
election
results
will
come
out
on
2
May.