Politics agog as Mohan Bhagwat-Mithun Chakraborty meet

When Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat early on Tuesday morning met National Award winning Bollywood actor Mithun Chakraborty at his residence it naturally ended up triggering intense speculation in political circlesBhagwat 70 cameacalling on Chakraborty at his bungalow in the picturesque Madh area of Malad west suburb fuelling theories of the stars potential comeback to active politics after a fiveyear hiatusThe duo spent close to two hours at the Chakraborty residence in the presence of the actors entire family though it is not known what may have exactly transpired in the morning chai pe charchaHowever after giving a warm sendoff to Bhagwat the 70yearold bearded dancingcumaction star sporting a dark woollen cap firmly dismissed all rumours of his possible return to politics in a soft toneThe acclaimed actor gently added that Bhagwat whom he met in Uttar Pradesh last October had paid him a return visit Earlier the duo had also met in Nagpur where the RSS headquarters are locatedDo not speculate I and Bhagwat have a spiritual connect We had met in Lucknow and I had requested him to visit me whenever he visited Mumbai Chakraborty saidEngaging in a light friendly banter with mediapersons thronging outside his bungalow close to the Arabian Sea in a cool green corner of northwest Mumbai the actor revealed that Bhagwatji is very fond of my family and had promised to visit him whenever he would come to MumbaiTo persistent queries about ending his political sanyas Chakraborty laughed mischievously and said You are linking this because of the West Bengal elections If there were no elections you wouldntSaying a determined nyet to politics Mithun Da as he is popular among his fans and admirers said he would love to work with the poor but prefer to keep off any politickingReported to be close to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Chakraborty is a former All India Trinamool Congress Party AITCP Rajya Sabha MP but had quit in 2016 on health groundsNevertheless Mithun Da a Bengali remains immensely dear to the masses in his home state with which he maintains strong links albeit apoliticalAn RSS functionary in Mumbai endorsed the actors stance stating that the meeting was purely private in nature and nothing more should be attached to itInterestingly the BhagwatChakraborty rendezvous with tight police security comes ahead of the Election Commission of Indias plans to announce the muchanticipated West Bengal Assembly electionsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever