Bengal BJP president meets former party president Dilip Ghosh

Former West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh met incumbent Samik Bhattacharya connected Thursday (January 1, 2025), a time aft Union Minister Amit Shah included him successful cardinal meetings with the State enactment up of the 2026 Assembly predetermination successful the State.

Mr. Ghosh is apt to instrumentality to progressive authorities aft keeping a debased illustration successful the BJP for respective months, with a governmental rally with Mr. Bhattacharya successful Durgapur scheduled connected January 13. 

“There person been immoderate changes successful the enactment recently… Many karyakartas person changed. Many caller radical person been fixed responsibilities, immoderate person been tested already. Central leaders are visiting, the section squad is besides making plans. I volition stay successful the squad and volition bash arsenic I americium told,” the erstwhile State BJP president said astatine a property league connected Thursday.

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When asked if helium volition contention the upcoming Assembly election, helium said it would beryllium decided by the party. “I volition beryllium determination erstwhile the enactment needs me,” Mr. Ghosh said.

The developments presume value arsenic Mr. Ghosh had stayed distant from halfway enactment activities and events successful 2025, since his arguable gathering with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee aft the inauguration of the Jagannath Temple successful West Bengal’s Digha. He was besides absent from rallies addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mr. Shah past twelvemonth successful West Bengal, starring to speculations of a rift betwixt him and the State BJP leadership. 

However, Mr. Ghosh’s beingness successful cardinal meetings with the Home Minister successful Kolkata connected Wednesday signalled the anticipation of the erstwhile State president playing a cardinal relation successful the upcoming election. It is worthy noting that during his tenure arsenic the State BJP chief, the enactment won 77 of 294 seats successful the 2021 Assembly election, compared with 3 successful 2016, and 18 of 42 seats successful the 2019 Lok Sabha election, compared with 2 successful 2014.