The BJP was denied permission to carry a roadshow of Bollywood superstar Mithun Chakraborty, who had recently joined the saffron camp, in Behala area of the town on Thursday, following which a gaggle of party activists held an indication ahead of a police headquarters .
The agitation was led by actor-turned-politician Srabanti Chatterjee, who is contesting from the Behala Paschim assembly constituency on a BJP ticket, party sources said.
“The Kolkata Police didn’t allow our leader Mithun Chakraborty to campaign on behalf of me within the constituency without citing any reason.
“The Trinamool Congress cannot avert its imminent loss by such an undemocratic act of preventing us from campaigning. is that the government frightened of losing power?” the favored Bengali actor said.
The saffron party activists shouted slogans against the ruling TMC ahead of the Parnasree police headquarters .
BJP sources said the party sought permission to carry a door-to-door campaign by the Bollywood superstar within the Behala area after the town police had cancelled its roadshow plea on Wednesday night.
“The door-to-door campaign by him was also not granted at the eleventh hour ,” they claimed. The Kolkata Police declined to form any discuss the difficulty .
The BJP candidate later took out a roadshow within the constituency where the National Award-winning actor wasn’t present. The actor-turned-BJP candidate is pitted against TMC heavyweight and West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee who is seeking re-election from the Behala Paschim constituency.
