Less than a year to go for assembly elections, the BJP in West Bengal has started working with the electoral battle in mind.
The Lotus party is now set to announce its new state unit president and amid lobbying, the name of Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya is getting prominence.
Samik Bhattacharya
There are two varieties of BJP and
RSS leaders in West Bengal including in Coochbehar and other pockets in North
Bengal. One is 'original and sons of the soil (Rajbongsis) and the other is
turncoats from Trinamool. In 2024, the original BJP/RSS workers were
marginalised and this created major setback.
Suvendu Adhikari's
functioning style is not acceptable to many, they say.
The party leaders
are often at dilemma on how to handle 'Bengali Hindu refugee' issue vis-a-vis
sons of the soil politics in North Bengal.
The battle will be
more challenging in 2026.
In many pockets Hindu voters owing allegiance to
BJP and also BJP karyakartas say – former state unit president Dilip Ghosh
should be given back his position and the mandate to lead the party in the 2026
assembly elections.
While
they remain ‘skeptical’ about Suvendu Adhikari’s ability to deliver; they say
otherwise – Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya should be made state unit president.
BJP Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya, who was selected for all-party delegation on Operation Sindoor, met Union Health Minister and incumbent BJP president J P Nadda on Sunday.
BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad, who led one of the parliamentary delegations, also met Nadda.
Former Union Minister Prasad is overseeing the Bengal BJP presidential election process. In Berlin and London, reportedly Samik Bhattacharya had made very impressive speeches on Operation Sindoor.
"There was no Pakistan (prior to 1947) ever in this world... It was our fault. Hum log shanti ke path pe chaley ... Pakistan ban gaya (Pakistan was born because we choose the path of peace and non violence)," Samik Bhattacharya had said in London.
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