Samik Bhattacharya set to become new Bengal BJP president

Bhattacharya will replace 45-year-old Sukanta Majumdar, the Lok Sabha member from north Bengal’s Balurghat and Union minister of state for education and development of north east region.

Bhattacharya’s nomination was supported by Majumdar and leader of the Opposition in the state assembly Suvendu Adhikari, who left the Trinamool Congress and joined the BJP in December 2020.

Party leaders said the formal announcement would be made by the central leadership either on Wednesday night or on Thursday when a reception ceremony will also be held at Kolkata’s Science City auditorium in the presence of central leaders led by Ravishankar Prasad.