Dilip was included in the circle of the state BJP’s top brass, the state president Samik Bhattacharya, the leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari and the former state president Sukanta Mazumdar, that held a closed-door meeting with Shah. The distance between Ghosh and the state BJP leaders had been widening for quite some time. Without Ghosh, BJP fared even worse in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The BJP had lost both the Lok Sabha seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Dilip da will also have a role to play,” said a senior Bengal BJP leader.

Source: The Telegraph January 01, 2026 17:27 UTC