Speaking to IANS after meeting Minister Nisith Pramanik in Kolkata to discuss the proposed football academy, Mithun Chakraborty said he had been trying for the past 15 years to establish the institution.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"Bengal Football Academy has been a dream of mine for the past 15 years. They (TMC) didn\u2019t let me do anything. Whatever I wanted to do, they had stopped me, and then I also got fed up. But this year our government has come, and we have got such a good minister. So, I came here and told him that I want to do this again,\" he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The actor-politician also spoke about his political journey and the BJP\u2019s rise in the state, saying he had worked tirelessly at the grassroots level over the last five years.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"Why did I work so hard? Not from today, I have been working hard for five years. For five years, I went to small villages, streets, and lanes and held meetings. Just to bloom the lotus. We had nothing else; we just wanted to say that everyone should come under one roof,\" he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Praising Mithun Chakraborty\u2019s passion for football, Nisith Pramanik said the actor had not forgotten Bengal\u2019s deep connection with the sport despite achieving immense success in the film industry.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"Why did I work so hard? Not from today, I have been working hard for five years. For five years, I went to small villages, streets, and lanes and held meetings. Just to bloom the lotus. We had nothing else; we just wanted to say that everyone should come under one roof,\" he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"He still wants to do something for football and is even ready to die for football,\" Pramanik added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n