In another 'mass migration' to the BJP, 12 Bengali actors, including Parno Mittra, joined the party here on Thursday in presence of the party's West Bengal unit head Dilip Ghosh.
Rishi Kaushik, Kanchana Moitra, Rupanjana Mitra and Biswajit Ganguly are among the film and TV stars who joined the BJP at its headquarters here.
Political leaders and known personalities have flocked the BJP before and after its Lok Sabha victory including sitting MPs from Trinamool , Samajwadi PArty and Telugu Desam party.
Improving from two Lok Sabha seats, the BJP had won 18 of 42 LS seats in West Bengal.
Leaders from the CPI (M) and the Congress too have recently moved to the BJP.
BJP has wrested number two status in West Bengal from the CPI (M). Leaders from CPI (M) and the Congress too have recently moved to the BJP.
"It is high time something was done to correct the socio-political degeneration that Bengal has suffered over the past a few years," one of the actors said, adding he would do whatever his party wanted him to do.
Another popular actor said she was "inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's work" while a third actor quite meaningfully said, "after the decline of the Left Front and decimation of Leftist culture in Bengal it seems things can be turned around by the BJP only though they stand diametrically opposite pole ideologically."
Welcoming the actors, Ghosh said "the people from various walks of life are joining the BJP because they are inspired by the work and leadership of the Prime Minister."