Agnimitra, Indranil among six ministers relieved of BJP organisational duties in rejig

On Friday, the West Bengal BJP unveiled a significant reshuffle of its state organization. The party introduced new faces to various roles, from Mahila, Yuva and OBC morchas to district presidencies and state secretaries. This change adhered to the 'one individual, one post' principle, resulting in six ministers being relieved of their organizational duties to focus on their administrative roles.

Tapas Roy, Jagannath Chattopadhyay, Agnimitra Paul, Dipak Burman, Shankar Ghosh, and Indranil Khan were among those stripped of their organizational responsibilities. However, Samik Bhattacharya retained his position as state president, and Amitabha Chakraborty remained general secretary (organisation). Satish Dhand was removed from his co-general secretary (organisation) position.

The reshuffle occurred a day after BJP and RSS leaders convened a high-level coordination meeting in New Delhi to assess the political landscape in the state. Among the notable appointments, Anjana Basu, an actor-politician, was designated as the new state president of the BJP Mahila Morcha, replacing Phalguni Patra, who was appointed state vice president.

Sharbari Mukherjee, a prominent Jadavpur MLA, was removed from her position as one of the state secretaries, despite not holding any ministerial portfolio under Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari's council of ministers. Amit Samanta succeeded Behala West leader Indranil Khan as president of the BJP Yuva Morcha, while Locket Chatterjee and Bishnupur MP Soumitra Khan were appointed state general secretaries.

Darjeeling MP Raju Bista was made vice-president, while Chatterjee was relieved of her role in the party's Mahila Morcha. Two MPs, Jyotirmay Singh Mahato and Soumitra Khan, were designated as state general secretaries, while MLAs Sanjay Singh, Dipanjan Guha, and Sintu Senapati were appointed as state secretaries. In the OBC Morcha, OBC Morcha head Ajit Das was designated as secretary, while he was replaced by Dhananjay Ghosh, an MLA from Falta.

Bishwajit Biswas, a newcomer, was appointed to head the SC Morcha. The party also introduced fresh convenors in nine Bibhags (branches) across the state, including Siliguri, Malda, North and South 24 Parganas, Howrah-Hooghly, Medinipur, Purulia, Bardhaman, and Nabadwip. Changes also affected several districts, with Nipen Biswas replacing Bikash Ghosh in Bangaon, Dipankar Chakraborty succeeding Rajib Poddar in Barasat, Shashi Singh replacing Suman Ghosh in Sreerampur, and Prashanta Digar taking over from Sushanta Bera in Arambagh.