Veteran actor Moushumi Chatterjee on Wednesday, 2 January, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in presence of party National General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya. She is likely to contest Lok Sabha elections.
In 2004, Chatterjee had fought on a Congress ticket from Kolkata North East seat but lost.
The 70-year-old actor said that she was an admirer of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, news agency PTI reported. Vijayvargiya expressed hope that Chatterjee’s presence will boost the party.
The actor has played lead roles in many Hindi and Bengali hit movies in the 60s and 70s.
The BJP has been working to win over eminent personalities from different walks of life in the eastern state where it has emerged as a main challenger to the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress.
(With inputs from PTI)
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