BJP WORKERS ON WARPATH AGAINST BENGAL LEADERSHIP

Barely months before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in which the BJP central leaders have set a tall target of 26 seats for West Bengal, the frustration among party workers was on public display as hundreds of BJP workers convened outside the party's headquarters here on Thursday, decrying the current state of the organisation and accusing the leadership of neglecting long-time members in favour of newcomers. Demonstrators alleged that the party leaders were in league with the Trinamool Congress to weaken the party in the state.

- SUPROTIM MUKHERJEE

Protesters, bearing party flags and chanting slogans against state leaders, including state president Sukanta Majumdar and state general secretary (organization) Amitabha Chakraborty, and Amit Malviya, the National IT head and sah-prabhari for West Bengal, expressed frustration over the dominance of members who had joined the BJP from other political affiliations.

The party workers demanded that the Central leadership order CBI and ED investigations against the leaders. Days before Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to reach Kolkata to inaugurate a few Durga Pujas, the public show of anger is sure to embarrass the party state leadership.