West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar. file | Photo Credit: The Hindu Photo Library
The BJP’s two-day brainstorming session began on Friday evening, with the state leadership discussing the party’s strategy for the upcoming panchayat polls.
The West Bengal BJP, which is licking its wounds after the 2021 assembly election defeat, is trying to usher in a metamorphosis in the state using the upcoming rural elections as a springboard.
It is holding its quarterly State Executive Committee meeting on Friday and Saturday at Durgapur in Paschim Bardhaman district to decide the party’s profile for the upcoming rural elections in the state.
Senior leaders who presided over the meeting included BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar, national vice-president Dilip Ghosh, West Bengal in-charge Mangal Pandey and Leader of the Opposition Shubhendu Adhikari.
A senior BJP leader said, “The two-day session will decide our strategy for the panchayat polls. Ensuring that we field candidates on all seats in the three-tier panchayat will be the biggest challenge, apart from ensuring free and fair elections.” ,
The state BJP, which is plagued by infighting and exodus of its workers, is making fresh efforts to challenge the ruling Trinamool Congress by taking to the streets.
The party had been struggling to keep its flock together since its debacle in the assembly polls after top leaders and MLAs including Babul Supriyo, Arjun Singh and Mukul Roy defected to the TMC.