Samik Bhattacharya’s nomination was supported by outgoing Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar and chief of the Opposition within the state meeting Suvendu Adhikari
Rajyabha MP Samik Bhattacharya recordsdata his nomination for the submit of West Bengal BJP president within the presence of Union MoS and present state social gathering chief Sukanta Majumdar, LoP within the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari and others, in Kolkata on Wednesday. (ANI)
Bhattacharya will exchange 45-year-old Sukanta Majumdar, the Lok Sabha member from north Bengal’s Balurghat and Union minister of state for training and improvement of north east area.
Bhattacharya’s nomination was supported by Majumdar and chief of the Opposition within the state meeting Suvendu Adhikari, who left the Trinamool Congress and joined the BJP in December 2020.
Party leaders mentioned the formal announcement can be made by the central management both on Wednesday night time or on Thursday when a reception ceremony may also be held at Kolkata’s Science City auditorium within the presence of central leaders led by Ravishankar Prasad.
“The social gathering president directed me to file my nomination. I cannot deviate from the trail I’ve adopted for 42 years,” Bhattacharya mentioned within the night.
Bhattacharya, an previous Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh employee, tasted his first electoral success in 2014 when the BJP had no seat within the Bengal legislative meeting. He received the Basirhat South meeting seat for the saffron camp for the primary time in a bypoll.
In the previous 2011 state meeting polls, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) led by Mamata Banerjee introduced the CPI(M)-Led Left Front’s 24-year-long regime to an finish.
BJP leaders mentioned Bhattacharya’s ascent marks the significance of RSS in Bengal within the run-up to the essential 2026 meeting polls.
“The central management selected Bhattacharya due to his robust oratory expertise and extensive acceptability amongst each previous and new BJP employees. With Bhattacharya as president, the rivalry between varied teams and a few state leaders is more likely to finish,” a senior BJP chief mentioned on situation of anonymity.
Former BJP state president Dilip Ghosh – who was succeeded by Sukanta Majumar – was a RSS pracharak (campaigner) since 1984 earlier than becoming a member of Bengal BJP in 2015. Majumdar, too, was a RSS pracharak.
Under Ghosh’s management, BJP set a report in Bengal by successful 18 of the state’s 42 Lok Sabha seats in 2019. This tally got here right down to 12 in 2024.
Ghosh, who had been appointed state president twice since 2014, was changed in September 2021, a 12 months earlier than his second three-year time period ended. Amid allegations that leaders who had come from the TMC have been being given extra significance, Ghosh was made a nationwide vice-president however he misplaced that portfolio too in 2023.
In November 2021, Sukanta Majumdar introduced the names of 11 new vice-presidents, 5 basic secretaries and 12 secretaries alongside seven new morcha (entrance) presidents and heads of departments comparable to media, data know-how and social media, triggering a furor. New spokespersons and tv present panelists have been additionally appointed.
Veterans comparable to Pratap Banerjee, Biswapriyo Roy Chowdhury, the then Union minister of state Subhas Sarkar, Raj Kamal Pathak, Debasish Mitra, Ritesh Tiwari, Raju Banerjee and Jay Prakash Majumdar have been dropped from the panel of vice-presidents. Tiwari was suspended for talking in public towards the brand new management. A recognized hardliner, basic secretary Sayantan Basu was dropped as nicely.
Only Majumdar, who began his political profession within the Congress, joined TMC. The relaxation have stayed away from the limelight for the final 4 years.
“With Samik Bhattacharya as president, the sidelined old-timers could discover a purpose to return to the mainstream,” a veteran BJP chief mentioned.
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