Mithun Chakraborty appointed adviser to West Bengal government, gets cabinet rank

Actor and BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty will hold the rank of Minister for Information and Culture. File. | Photo credit: PTI

Mithun joined the BJP in March 2021 at a grand event attended by PM Modi; he was also a TMC Rajya Sabha MP for two years

Actor-turned-politician Mithun Chakraborty has been appointed as an advisor to the West Bengal government. He will hold the rank of Government Minister for Information and Culture. The announcement was made during the foundation stone laying ceremony for the ‘Uttam Kumar Film Centre’ in New Town on 5 September 2026.

The appointment was announced on Wednesday (October 7, 2026) by the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms.

Mr. Chakraborty, a popular film star who met with great success in Bengali cinema and Bollywood, first dabbled in the Left Front and was considered ideologically aligned with its politics.

In April 2014, after the Left Front was voted out of power, he was nominated by the Trinamool Congress to the Rajya Sabha. He resigned in 2016 due to health reasons.

He was also awarded the Mahanayak Samman by former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in 2017.

In March 2021, he joined the BJP at a major event in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the State Assembly elections after a number of cases were filed against him by central investigative agencies looking into the reading fund scam.

Published – 7 Oct 2026 21:11 IST