West Bengal: Actress Payel Sarkar Joins BJP; Party Launches ‘Lokkho Sonar Bangla’ Manifesto Crowdsourcing Campaign

Famous actress Payel Sarkar today joined Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the West Bengal assembly elections in Kolkata today, reports ANI.

The state party chief Dilip Ghosh and national party president JP Nadda were also present.

The party launched 'Lokkho Sonar Bangla (manifesto) crowdsourcing campaign', in Kolkata. Apart from Ghosh and Nadda, party's National General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya was also present on the occasion.

“We're making efforts to work towards making 'Sonar Bangla', with inclusion of contributions of Swami Vivekanand, Rabindranath Tagore, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Syama Prasad Mukherjee, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar in prestigious history of West Bengal,” said Nadda.

“Pride of Bengal has to come back. The Sonar Bangla has to come back. The Bengal that led the entire country has to come back,” he said.