Now, BJP deploys Mithun to deny Bengali-bashing charge
said on Thursday that the claim that Bengali-speaking migrants were being detained was "a lie".
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While BJP's Tathagata Roy, a former governor, said that "Bengali Hindus are not in danger", the party's Bengal minder, Amit Malviya, said only "illegal Bangladeshis were being questioned".
It was, however, Chakraborty's comments that came in for sharp criticism by Trinamool.
Chakraborty said: "It is a lie that is being spread. Which Bengali is being roughed up? It is nothing but an instigation to create trouble before the assembly polls.
During my career, I never saw Bengalis being discriminated against in other states." Pointing fingers at "fake voters", he added: "If we start segregating genuine voters from illegal ones, Trinamool will not even get 70 seats in the state."
TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said: "It is understood that he may have sold his spine to BJP for legal and personal reasons, but why is he blind to what is happening countrywide? If he removes his dark glasses, he will get to see that even Parliament is in turmoil over this issue, courts are stepping in, detention camps are being set up in BJP-governed states."
Chakraborty is a "good abhineta (actor), but a failed neta (political leader)" Ghosh said. "He campaigned for BJP in 2021 and again in 2024, the results are there for all to see," he added, bringing up that when Chakraborty was made an MP by CM Mamata Banerjee, he had referred to her as his "sister" and felt gratitude that he would "not forget in a lifetime".
Chakraborty has started marathon organisational meetings with workers from a dozen assembly segments.
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Once the meetings — scheduled over the next three days — end, he will submit a report to the BJP brass on July 27. The actor is scheduled to conduct meetings at Jorasanko, Shyambazar, Rashbehari, Bhowanipore, Maniktala and Kashipur-Belgachhia, among others.
"Mithun-da tried to motivate workers. TMC is afraid of BJP and talking about identities rather than economic issues and corruption," said Tamaghna Ghosh, president of BJP's north Kolkata organisational district.
Former Meghalaya and Tripura governor Roy, who asserted that Bengal is not the only state to have a Bengali population, posted on X: "Bengali Hindus anywhere in India are in no danger… there are bound to be isolated exceptions that will be set right in due course."
Malviya said on X: "Those being questioned are illegal Bangladeshis, who speak Bangla but are not Indian citizens."
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