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BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty on Sunday (Oct 28) gave an incendiary speech amid the tense political atmosphere in the Indian state of West Bengal as he shared the stage with Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

The 74-year-old Chakraborty was speaking about the comment made by Trinamool Congress leader Humayun Kabir before Lok Sabha elections in which he had threatened the rival party workers and threatened BJP karyakartas (workers) to "chop them (up) and bury you in the ground".

Reacting to the comment, the actor-turned-political leader said, "A leader says there are 70 per cent Muslims and 30 per cent Hindus (and) that he will 'cut' and throw them in the Bhagirathi... I thought Chief Minister (Mamata Banerjee) would say something. She didn't... so now I am saying, we will chop them (up) and bury them in the ground."

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"I am not the Chief Minister... but I am saying this. We will do anything to win the masnad  (throne) of Bengal... it will belong to the BJP after the 2026 Assembly election," he added.

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah was also attending the event and had felicitated the actor for winning the Dadasaheb Phalke Award on October 8.

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"I am saying it again and again... we will do anything (to win the 2026 election) ... anything. I am saying this with Home Minister Amit Shahji sitting here - we will do anything," Chakraborty warned.

"I say we will cut you up and throw you, not in the Bhagirathi because that is our mother, but we will throw you in the ground. We will do anything... we will do anything", he said while adding that the state government has not been allowing the Hindu community to cast votes.

'Shoot me': Chakraborty challenges TMC

Speaking at one of the rallies, Chakraborty had said, "You are 30 per cent (of the people here) but we are 70 per cent... if you think you can demolish mosques and Muslims will sit back and relax... (you are wrong). I will leave politics if I don't drown you people in the Bhagirathi..."

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While speaking at a membership drive, the actor appealed to BJP supporters to join the party. "We want those people who will fight... who can stand up and say, 'Shoot me... let me see how many bullets you have'," he said, taking a swipe at the Trinamool over multiple incidents of pre- and post-poll violence in the state. "But we don't want those who join for money," he said.

"If you cut down one fruit from our trees... we will cut down four of yours," he added.

(With inputs from agencies)