Why the BJP is wooing Bengal’s movie stars
Why the BJP is wooing Bengal’s movie stars | India Today Insight
Borrowing a page from the TMC book, the saffron party is out to attract celebrities and prove that the wind is blowing in its favour in the run-up to the assembly election
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UPDATED: February 23, 2021 00:25 IST
Bengali actor Hiran Chatterjee joins the BJP in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Kakdwip, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, Feb 18 (ANI)
In poll-bound West Bengal, poaching politicians is passé. The newest trend is to get film stars on board. Last week, the BJP, the principal challenger to the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC), inducted Yash Dasgupta and Hiron Chatterjee, well-known actors from the Bengali film industry. Half a dozen others, including cine stars of yesteryears, took flags from BJP state president Dilip Ghosh and Kailash Vijayvargiya, the party’s minder for Bengal. The buzz now is that the BJP may rope in a few p
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