Mithun Chakraborty targets Muslims at Bengal BJP event: Will cut you & bury you… will do anything to grab power…

… Ek din aayega jab hum tumko kaat ke Bhagirathi mein nahi… Bhagirathi humari maa hai… punya maa hai. Tumko tumhari zameen ke andar tumko phenk denge udhar. (crowd cheers, Amit Shah seen smiling) Isiliye baar baar keh raha hu, hum kuch bhi karenge… kuch bhi.

[Translation: A day will come when we will cut you and throw you not in the Bhagirathi… Bhagirathi is our mother, our holy mother. We will bury you in your own land there. (crowd cheers, Amit Shah seen smiling) That’s why I keep saying, we will do anything… anything.]

Actor and BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty recently made the above statements while addressing BJP functionaries at a party membership drive event in Kolkata. The provocative statements targeting Muslims, which amount to open genocidal calls, were made while Union home minister Amit Shah, BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya, and BJP West Bengal president Sukanta Majumder were present on the dais.

Chakraborty, recently conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2024, began his journey in films in 1976 with Mrinal Sen’s Mrigayaaa. He had started dabbling in politics even before he became a star. Chakraborty has had his fair share of dips in the political pool, from early involvement with the Naxalite movement to supporting the Communist Party of India (Marxist), then representing the Trinamool Congress in the Rajya Sabha, and now, most recently, joining the BJP.

Below is the full transcription of his speech followed by a translation:

Nomoshkar! Choshma-ta khuleni aagey. Stage-e uposthit amader respected Home Minister saab Amit Shah-ji aar baaki shob boro boro amader neta, taake shomman…shamne boshe thaka amar shob pujoniyo leaders, karyakartas, and BJP-er “mar-ke-jitenge” wale sab sare karyakarta…(applause) Kuch bolne ke liye kaha hai, main film ke liye kuch nahi bolunga. Film ke isliye nahi bolunga kyunki aaj ka yeh sabha hum sadasyon banane ke liye soch rahe hai. Apnara shobai bolen ki dada, apni shamne ashun… apni shamne ashun, ektu apni shamne ashle amra ektu shahajjo pai. Ami shamne asha mane last election-e 37 days… ami campaign korechi… khali muri aar gur kheye…(applause) Kintu the result… khub dukkho peyechi. Keno peyechi? Eimatro Sukanta da bollen aar 3% jodi pai amra jitbo… apnader kache ekta ami promise chai. Tahole ami aagey ashbo. Bolun, amra ki ek koti shodhosshyo korte parbo? (crowd cheers in agreement) Jor nei… golaye jor nei. Shotti kore bolun — ek koti shodhosshyo ki amra toiri korte parbo? (crowd cheers louder) Tahole amio kotha dilam… ’26 woh masnad humara hoga (crowd cheers), kuch bhi karenge… ‘26 ki masnad humara hoga, kuch bhi karenge, kuch bhi. Main Home Minister saab ke saamne bol raha hoon… kuch bhi… kuch bhi ke andar bohot saare matlab chhupa hua hai. Dekhiye humare yaha ek leader bolta hai ki hum 70% Muslim hai, 30% Hindu… hum inko kaatke Bhagirathi mein baha denge. Humne socha chief minister kuch toh bolega, ki aisi baat mat karo. Kisne kuch nahi kaha. Lekin hum chief minister nahi hai… lekin hum toh bolenge, tum kaat ke Bhagirathi mein phenk doge… lekin ek din aayega jab hum tumko kaat ke Bhagirathi mein nahi… Bhagirathi humari maa hai… punya maa hai. Tumko tumhari zameen ke andar tumko phenk denge udhar. (crowd cheers, Amit Shah seen smiling) Isiliye baar baar keh raha hu, hum kuch bhi karenge… kuch bhi. Humko woh karyakarta chahiye joh saamne aake ladenge… humko woh karyakarta chahiye jo seena taarke bolenge, “Maar sala, dekhta hu tere mein kitni goliyan hai…” (crowd cheers) Lekin saath saath yeh bhi bol raha hu… humko woh karyakarta nahi hai jo paisa leke kaam kar raha hai. Aapse hum haath jor ke vinati karte hai, aap Trinamool join jaiye, BJP chhor dijiye… Paisa leke BJP mat baniye. Paisa leke BJP mat baniye, humko nahi chahiye.

Lekin aaj main bohot badi baat bolke jaa raha hu aapke saamne, ki bhailog sunlo — agar aap humare jhar ka ek phal todoge toh hum aapka jhaar ka chaar phal tod denge… yahi baat hai, yahi sachai hai. Nahi toh hum kabhi jeet nahi payenge. Yeh humko marenge, humare Hindu voters ko vote nahi karne denge aur ussi tarah woh jitenge. Agar woh humare Hindu voters ko vote nahi dene dete, toh agle saal hum bhi taiyari karenge ke aapke woh voters bhi vote nahi de payenge. Yeh Mithun Chakraborty bol raha hai… Mithun Chakraborty abhineta nahi… woh ’68 ka Mithun Chakraborty bol raha hai… 28 saal ka Mithun Chakraborty. Hum rajneeti kiye hai bhaiya, khoon ki rajneeti ki hai humne. Humko sab malum hai, kaun kidhar se kya karne wala hai, sab malum hai. Khali aapka saath chahiye, aapka himmat chahiye aur woh seena chahiye.

Bas main sir se anumati le raha hu, Sunil ji se, Mangal ji se aur sir se ki hum… November se main 20 din party ke liye rakhunga, 10 din main apne kaam karne ke liye rakhunga… isiliye bol raha hu ke kaam nahi karunga toh main khaunga kya? Toh isiliye kaam toh karna padega… November, December ya toh agle March se jo humko aadesh denge uss tarah se… main har district mein jaunga, har district, har place, har gaon, har jagah main chhukar aaunga. Wahan Mithun Chakraborty ko nahi dekhenge… main aaplogon se hi maangne jaunga ke aap taiyar hai jo booth mein baitha hai usko maar ke bhaga dete hai… kyun bhaga dete hai? Hum lad nahi paate. Lekin humko abhi woh yoddha chahiye jo uss kursi mein baithega, bolega maar… hum nahi jayenge. (applause) Ektu beshi Hindi-te bole phellam, kintu apnara shob bujjhen ami ki bolchi. Ek koti vote apnara deben toh? Ek koti members apnara deben toh? Tahole ’26-er masnat amader… amra raaj korbo.

Thank you very much. Jai Hind. Vande Mataram.

[Translation: Greetings! Let me take my glasses off first. Present on stage is our respected home minister, Amit Shah-ji, and all our other esteemed leaders, My respects to them… All my honorable leaders sitting in the front, workers, and BJP’s “mar-ke-jitenge wale” (those who will fight and win) workers… (applause) I’ve been asked to say something; I won’t speak about films. I won’t speak about films because today this gathering is about making members… all of you say, “Dada, please come forward… come forward, if you come a little forward, it will help us a little.” For me to come forward means that, in the last election, I campaigned for 37 days… surviving on just puffed rice and jaggery… (applause) But the result… I was deeply saddened… why was I saddened? This time Sukanta-da said if we get 3% more, we will win… I want a promise from you… then I will come forward… Tell me, can we make one crore members? (crowd cheers in agreement) There’s no strength… there’s no strength in your voices… say it truthfully — can we create one crore members? Then I give my word too… (In) ’26, power will be in our hand (crowd cheers), we will do whatever it takes… ’26, we will come to power, we will do anything, anything. I am saying this in front of the home minister saab… anything… a lot of meanings are hidden within this anything… look, a leader here says we are 70% Muslims, 30% Hindus… we will cut them and throw them in the Bhagirathi river. We thought the chief minister would say something… tell him, “Don’t say such things.” No one said anything. But we are not chief minister… but we will say it — you will cut and throw them in the Bhagirathi… but a day will come when we will cut you and not throw you in the Bhagirathi… Bhagirathi is our mother, our holy mother. We will bury you in your own land there. (crowd cheers, Amit Shah seen smiling)

That’s why I keep saying, we will do anything… anything. We need those workers who will come forward and fight… we need those workers who will proudly stand up and say, “Hit me, let’s see how many bullets you have…” (crowd cheers) But at the same time, I am also saying… we don’t want those workers who are working for money… I’m humbly requesting you to join Trinamool, leave BJP… Don’t join BJP for money. Don’t join BJP for money, we don’t want it.

But today I’m saying something big in front of you, listen carefully — if you break one fruit from our tree, we will break four fruits from your tree… that’s the truth, that’s reality. Otherwise, we will never win. They will attack us, they won’t let our Hindu voters vote, and in this way, they will win. If they don’t let our Hindu voters vote, then next year we’ll also prepare so that your voters won’t be able to vote either. This is Mithun Chakraborty speaking… not actor Mithun Chakraborty… it’s the Mithun Chakraborty of ‘68 speaking… the 28-year-old Mithun Chakraborty. We have done politics, brother, we have done bloody politics. We know everything; we know who is going to do what from where. We only need your support, your courage, and that bravery.

So I am taking permission from sir, from Sunil-ji, from Mangal-ji, and from sir, that… I… from November, I will keep 20 days for the party, and 10 days I will keep for my work… why I’m saying is that if I don’t work, what will I eat? So that’s why I have to work… from November, December, or maybe next March as per orders… I will go to every district, every place, every village, every spot… there you won’t see Mithun Chakraborty… I will go to ask you if you are ready… why is the person sitting at the booth driven away? Because we can’t fight. But now we need those warriors who will sit on that chair and say, “Hit us, we won’t leave.” (applause) I ended up speaking a bit too much in Hindi, but you all understand what I’m saying. Will you give one crore votes? Will you give one crore members? Then in ’26, the throne will be ours… we will rule.

Thank you very much. Jai Hind. Vande Mataram.]

Trinamool MLA Humayun Kabir’s Statement

Without naming anyone, Chakraborty ostensibly alluded to controversial remarks by TMC MLA Humayun Kabir at a Lok Sabha election rally in May 20204, in which he had threatened to throw BJP supporters in the Bhagirathi river. Addressing a booth-level meeting in Shaktipur area of Murshidabad district, the Bharatpur MLA had said, “… I will show you the reality, and if I cannot throw you in the Bhagirathi water within two hours, then I will leave politics. I will make sure you can not live in Shaktipur area… If you think you are 30% in Murshidabad district, we are 70%. If you think you will demolish mosques in Kazipara because you are in majority in Ramnagar, and Muslims will sit back and relax, that will never happen. I am warning the BJP…”

The Election Commission censured the TMC leader and show-caused him for his remarks. Kabir later issued an apology for his statements, saying, “I got excited and to fuel the enthusiasm of the party workers, I had talked about throwing into the Bhagirathi. However, I had not named any community.”