PatnaDaily Just days ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections that is scheduled to be held in eight phases starting March 27, the Bharatiya Janata Party roped in Bollywood’s ‘70s and ‘80s star Mithun Chakraborty to join the saffron party in an attempt to influence Bangla votes. The star of hit films like ‘Disco Dancer’, ‘Mrigayaa’ and ‘Agneepath, Dada, as Chakraborty is often addressed by his millions of fans, joined the BJP at a Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally at the Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata on Sunday in presence of other top BJP leaders. Talking to reporters, Chakraborty said he joined the BJP because from his very childhood days he dreamt of serving poor and downtrodden and now, him being in the BJP, he would be able to fulfil his lifelong dream.