'38 MLAs of TMC in good ties with us': BJP's Mithun Chakraborty

The comments come days after West Bengal Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP of planning to topple her government "like Maharashtra".

"Do you want to hear breaking news? At this moment, as we are sitting here, 38 Trinamool Congress MLAs have very good ties with us, of which 21 are in direct (contact with me). I leave the rest to you to figure out," the actor-turned-politician told reporters in Kolkata.

When pressed for more detail, Chakraborty said: "Don't ask me to release the trailer, enjoy the music."

Just two days ago, Mamata Banerjee had thrown a challenge to the BJP, referring to the fall of the Uddhav Thackeray government in Maharashtra after a rebel in the Shiv Sena in which the BJP played a supporting role.

The Bengal Chief Minister said she had heard her state was next on the BJP's agenda.

"Maharashtra has not been able to fight this time. They say after Maharashtra it will be Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, and Bengal. Try coming here. You will have to cross the Bay of Bengal. The crocodiles will bite you. And in the Sunderbans, the Royal Bengal tiger will bite you. In North Bengal the elephants will roll over you," she had said.

Banerjee has accused the BJP of trying every means to bring her down in Bengal.

Last year, her party won a third term in Bengal and formed the government with a massive mandate after fighting off a tough challenge from the BJP.

Mithun Chakraborty had joined the BJP last year ahead of the elections with much fanfare but failed to make enough impact on the electorates.