Wb polls: mithun chakraborty absent from bjp’s likely final list
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The West Bengal BJP released a list of 13 candidates, likely to be the party’s final list, on Tuesday, 23 March. The list excluded the actor-politician Mithun Chakraborty, who joined the
Bharatiya Janata Party at a highly-publicised event earlier this month. The BJP fielded Lieutenant General Subrata Saha from Rashbehari, a seat which, according to earlier party sources, was
being reserved for Chakraborty, NDTV reported. He had also delivered a new election line in Rashbehari: "I am not a harmless water snake or a harmless desert snake. I am a pure cobra.
With one strike, I will turn you into a photograph," NDTV quoted. The actor had shared the stage with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the BJP's mega Brigade Parade Ground rally in
Kolkata on 7 March.