After nearly a year of stagnation in his whirlwind campaign across West Bengal during the 2021 Assembly elections, Bollywood star and BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty resumed campaigning on Saturday and appealed to Asansol residents to vote for party candidate Agnimitra Paul. Upcoming Lok Sabha constituency by-elections.
In a video message, Saffron’s star campaigner described Asansol South MLA Paul as her “little sister” and said she had always been in touch with him, from a fashion designer to a politician. , “Unlike some other people.” “Agni is my little sister. I’ve met a lot of people in my life journey, but they all lost contact. Once they were no longer in need of my help. But Agni is different. Not a day goes by. When she doesn’t find me, she The situation has been by my side.
“If he is so helpful to his own people, imagine how he would come to the aid of Asansol Lok Sabha constituency residents, who are no less than his family,” Chakraborty said in an emotional plea. Chakraborty, who has acted in 6 Over a hundred films in his decades-long career, he has recently played a pivotal role in ‘The Kashmir Files’. West Bengal BJP spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya said, “Mithun Da endured heat and humidity to campaign for party candidates in last year’s assembly elections. “Because of some health problems, he has not been very active in the last few months. He also wants an end to TMC’s misrule in the state. An older brother also called on the people to vote for his sister. We are happy with his appeal,” he said. Said.
Paul was repeatedly called but did not receive an answer. Trinamool Congress spokesperson Kunal Ghosh, however, said the BJP would lose both the Asansol Lok Sabha seat and the Baliganj Assembly constituency, where by-elections are scheduled for April 12, and Chakraborty’s plea “will not cut too much snow”.
Paul has been pitted against grassroots actor and politician Shatrughan Sinha.
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