Modi-Shah acolyte Subhedu Adhikari under fire from party ranks By Tirthankar Mitra With only 12 seats in its kitty even after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pre-poll announcement that BJP will give its best election performance in West Bengal, it is blame game time in the state saffron camp now. Chary of criticising the prime minister, factional feud has raised its head in the BJP state unit with former state chief Dilip Ghosh's coterie shooting its sharpest barbs at existing state unit head Sukanta Majumdar and leader of the Opposition, (LoP) Subhendu Adhikari. Way back in 2019 , the state saffron camp had bagged 18 seats and gave ruling dispensation of the state, Trinamool Congress (TMC) a run for its money.
The electoral triumph was followed by Ghosh being replaced by Majumdar. Several Lok Sabha seats won during Ghosh's tenure have been lost in the recent election. While the party's tally of seats rose to an all time high during Ghosh's tenure, during Adhikari and Majumdar's period in office, the number of seats reduced though the state unit chief continued with his verbal duel with the TMC leaders, a senior leader said.
Post 2021 Assembly elections results saw Adhikari being made the leader of the Opposition. His increasing interaction with leadership of the BJP was followed by sidelining of Ghosh. Even the state BJP president was worried at the closeness of Adhikari to the Prime Minister and the Home Minister, marginalizing his authority.
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