File picture of actor Mithun Chakraborty with PM Narendra Modi in Kolkata. (News18)
The famous person, who just lately joined the BJP in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was evacuated from the rally venue after he began feeling dizzy.
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- Last Updated:April 18, 2021, 18:53 IST
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Actor-politician Mithun Chakraborty was flown again to Kolkata from Raiganj on Sunday after he fell in poor health whereas campaigning for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) through the ongoing Assembly election in Raiganj on Sunday. The famous person, who just lately joined the BJP in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was evacuated from the rally venue after he began feeling dizzy.
Sources mentioned docs suspected dehydration through the campaigning behind Chakaraborty’s sudden sickness.
Before becoming a member of BJP, Chakraborty had made headlines by internet hosting Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat at his Mumbai bungalow. The 70-year-old movie star had mentioned he shared a “spiritual relationship” with Bhagwat. “It is a very deep spiritual relation. There was a plan that he would come to my home when he visits Mumbai. It so happened that I returned to Mumbai from Lucknow after a shoot and he too is in Mumbai. So ‘jud gaye hum (we connected)’,” he had informed reporters.
Chakraborty was as soon as identified for his radical Left leanings however later he grew to become shut to a number of high Left leaders, together with late Subhash Chakraborty. He earned fame after he debuted in Mrinal Sen’s award successful film ‘Mrigayaa’.
In 2014, he was nominated as a Rajya Sabha member by Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee however after two years, he resigned citing well being points. He was the model ambassador of the now-defunct Saradha group of corporations owned by Sudipta Sen (now behind bars).
He was summoned and questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Mumbai in 2014 after it was discovered that an quantity of about practically 1.2 crore was transferred to his account from Saradha. In 2015, Chakraborty returned your entire quantity he had acquired from the scam-hit group to the ED in Kolkata.
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