“Our common objective is to build a Sonar Bangla.”: Hiran Chatterjee

The BJP on Wednesday named Bengali actor Hiran Chatterjee, who recently joined the party, as its candidate from Kharagpur Sadar assembly seat, ending speculations whether party’s state party chief and MP Dilip Ghosh would be fielded from there. The party also fielded Supriti Chatterjee from Barjora seat, raising the number of women contestants to seven, for the 60 seats in the first two phases of the polls.
Hiran Chatterjee is the first Tollywood actor to be fielded by the BJP for the upcoming assembly polls, beginning on March 27.
The actor named as Hiranmoy Chatterjee in the official BJP list told , “I will follow the party’s decision. If the BJP asks me to campaign from today, I am ready. Our common objective is to build a Sonar Bangla.”
He is among several Bengali actors like Rudranil Ghosh, Srabanti Chatterjee and Payel Sarkar who had joined the BJP in past one month.
The BJP had earlier announced names of candidates for the remaining 58 seats where polling would be held in the first two phases.
Report by Chetali S M
Reported on – 10/03/2021