Kunal Ghosh Indirectly Ridicules Mithun Chakraborty For Leaving Trinamool Congress

TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh criticized Mithun Chakraborty after Padma Bhushan conferred to him on January 26.

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00:00 There are many Bollywood actors and celebrities who are active in Indian politics like Jaya

00:07 Bachchan, Urmila Matondkar, Gautam Gambhir, Dharmendra and many others.

00:14 And Bollywood's beloved disco dancer Mithun Chakraborty is no exception to this.

00:21 But his political involvement has been denounced by Trinamool Congress spokesperson Kunal Ghosh

00:28 has called down the Padma Bhushan award conferred to Mithun Chakraborty saying the award is

00:36 not for his talent in the acting field but for his political shift between parties.

00:43 Kunal Ghosh posted on X about this.

00:46 He wrote, "The Padma Bhushan award is not in recognition of his acting talent.

00:52 In that case, the award could have been conferred any time after 2014.

00:59 Actually, it is an award for his dishonesty towards Trinamool Congress and subsequent

01:05 slandering of the party."

01:07 Mithun Chakraborty entered into Indian political landscape in 2014 through Mamata Banerjee's

01:15 All India Trinamool Congress as Rajya Sabha MP.

01:20 But before 2021 West Bengal Assembly election, he joined the BJP in Kolkata and this became

01:29 a hit point for TMC members.

01:32 After Kunal Ghosh's criticism, BJP President West Bengal Sukanta Muzumdar attacked him

01:40 securing the side of Mithun.

01:43 Sukanta Muzumdar backlashes him remembering his involvement in the Sardar Chit Fund scam.

01:51 He said, "A three-time national award-winning legendary actor has now been conferred the

01:58 Padma Bhushan.

01:59 And who is passing a slanderous comment on it?

02:02 It is passed by someone who had spent three years behind the bars."

02:08 Kunal Ghosh is a resident of North Kolkata.Mithun Chakraborty, too, had spent his early life

02:15 in North Kolkata.

02:16 Now, the people of North Kolkata will give a threatening reply to Ghosh for such a slanderous

02:23 comment.

02:24 Mithun Chakraborty chose to be silent about this criticism.

02:28 On the other hand, he expressed his gratitude for the prestigious Padma Bhushan award, which

02:34 was announced yesterday on January 26.

02:42 (dramatic music)