Summary:
Kolkata, Sep 20 (PTI) The BJP on Monday replaced Dilip Ghosh as its West Bengal unit president with Lok Sabha MP from Balurghat Sukanta Majumdar amid infighting and a string of defections from the party to the state"s ruling Trinamool Congress.
In a statement, the BJP announced that Ghosh, also a Lower House MP, has been made a national vice president of the saffron camp.
The change of guard happened 15 months ahead of the expiry of Ghosh"s term as state BJP chief.
According to party sources, Majumdar"s name for the Bengal BJP president"s post had been doing the rounds for the past few months, following the party"s defeat in March-April assembly polls.
A PhD in botany, 41-year-old Majumdar, known to be sharing close ties with Ghosh, is the first state president of the saffron camp from north Bengal.
"I thank my party leadership for giving me this opportunity.